“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“Never say anything that doesn't improve on silence.” ― Richard Yates
I appreciate silence in a world that never stops talking.
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
You should try not to talk so much, friend. You'll sound far less stupid that way.
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Benjamin Franklin
Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.
It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.
“in times like the present, one should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.” ― Abraham Lincoln
What's the use of complaining about something you have no intentions of changing it?
The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.