Quotes related to Proverbs 17:28
I don't interact with people much. So some people find me arrogant but some find me very sweet.
— Karan Wahi
When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today.
— Maya Angelou
But I am unwilling to utter all that may occur to those who think of it, yet cannot be spoken without irreverence.
— St. Augustine
Silence is the mother of truth.
— Benjamin Disraeli
That boy's so dumb he couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the directions were on the bottom.
— Bill Clinton
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
— Henri Nouwen
Just as words lose their power when they are not born out of silence, so openness loses its meaning when there is no ability to be closed.
— Henri Nouwen
Without reading the word, silence becomes stale, and without silence, the word loses its re-creative power. The word leads to silence and silence to the word. The word is born in silence, and silence is the deepest response to the word.
— Henri Nouwen
As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.
— Henri Nouwen
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.
— Henry David Thoreau
You aren't learning anything when you're talking.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
— Stephen Hawking