Motivational Quotes

Silence

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

- Helprin, Mark

Best Quotes about Silence

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

Samuel Johnson

The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.

Twain, Mark

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

Gibran, Kahlil

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

Burns, Robert

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

With silence favor me. (Favete Linguis)

Horace

The greatest admiration gives rise not to words, but to silence.

Musonnius

Consider the whale: It never gets into trouble until it comes up and starts spouting.

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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

William Penn

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Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes.

Sheddan, Scott

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Silence is the sanctuary of the prudent, it conceals not only secrets but also imperfections.

Zacharia

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When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

Churchill, Winston

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'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

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It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

John of the Cross, St.

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Silence is more musical than any song.

Christina Rossetti

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The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

Proverb, Arabian

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Gaulle, Charles De

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Silence is the virtue of fools.

Sir Francis Bacon

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When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Mcginley, Phyllis

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Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment; that background which the painter may not daub, be he master or bungler, and which, however awkward a figure we may have made in the foreground, remains ever our inviolable asylum, where no indignity can assail, no personality can disturb us.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Engel, Silvan

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

Bagehot, Walter

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Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Plutarch

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Keep your mouth closed until your mind is in gear.

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Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.

Muhammad Ali

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X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.

Dickson, R A

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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Hardy, Thomas

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. [Proverbs 17:28]

Bible

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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Helprin, Mark

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I don't know whether to keep silent and let people think I am ignorant or open my mouth and release all doubts.

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Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

KuBler-Ross, Elisabeth

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What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.

Katz, Jonathan

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Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

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An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled.

Delint, Charles

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The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.

Blaise Pascal

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There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it.

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Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.

Peter Minard

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He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

Smith, Sydney

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There are grammatical errors even in his silence.

Stanislaw J. Lec

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There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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A silent mouth is melodious.

Proverb, Irish

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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Confucius

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A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs nothing.

John Tillotson

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.