"Don't react, say it with tact!"
American wisdom |
"Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat
word for word what you shouldn't have said."
Anonymous |
"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for
people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."
Siddhartha Gomo or Buddha |
"The things most people want to know about
are usually none of their business."
George Bernard Shaw |
"Take a moment to formulate the thought
you wish to articulate."
Ellen Shield, a mother |
"Who desires life, who loves days of seeing good?
Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit."
Psalms 34 |
"Who gossips to you will gossip of you."
Turkish proverb |
"Three people are damaged by gossip: the gossiper,
the listener and the victim. One simple comment can
travel far, damaging everyone in its wake."
Jewish Tradition |
"Silence is true wisdom's best reply."
Euripides |
"Sauce can stain a shirt just as hurtful words can stain a heart."
Internet User Caramello145 |
"Count him not among your friends who will
retail your privacies to the world."
Publilus Syrus |
"A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who
talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist
is one who talks to you about yourself."
Lisa Kirk |
"Do not go as a talebearer among your people."
The Bible, Leviticus 19:16 |
"The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at
the right time but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
Dorothy Nevill |
