Companion Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

Man is a multi-sensorial being. Occasionally he verbalizes … and we must seriously examine the implications of the fact that man does not communicate…

— Ray Birdwhistell

When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.

— Gerald R. Ford

It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement,…

— Abraham Cowley

Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.

— Publilius Syrus

“When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least to say.…

— Ayn Rand

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the…

— Lowell Thomas

Regardless of communication between man and man, speech is a necessary condition for the thinking of the individual in solitary seclusion. In appearance, however,…

— Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

— Confucius

In Washington, a man gets up to speak and doesn't say a thing, and the other men disagree with him for three hours.

— Milton Berle

Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air is full…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson