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1040 Spoken quotes by 791 unique authors

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made,… — Frederick William Robertson
The greatest blunder I have seen that almost everyone makes is to just speak their mind. It doesn't make any sense. They sound like the… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Just remember, the language of gesture is more effective than the spoken word. Body language is very powerful. Bring the balance within you and project… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion. — Joseph Addison
In elementary school, many a true word is spoken in guess. — Henny Youngman
Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit. — Robert MacNeil
Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes. — Joyce Maynard
In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor...… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some… — Plutarch
I haven't spoken to my mother-in-law for eighteen months-I don't like to interrupt her. — Ken Dodd
Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no man is bound… — Thomas Carlyle
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his… — Charles Dickens
Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and… — Charles Perrault
When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell! — William Halsey
Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word — Unknown Author
It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to… — Thomas a Kempis
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us — Barack Obama

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