The Tongue

It is said the average person
speaks eleven million words
yearly — one-half of these
are I, my, and mine.

Wisdom is knowing when to
speak your mind and when
to mind your speech.

Two times you should
keep your mouth shut —
when you are swimming
and when you're angry.

What this country needs
is more free speech
worth listening to.

One minute of keeping your
mouth shut may be worth
an hour of explanations.

If there's anything we can't
stand, it's people who talk
while we're interrupting.

If your friends misquote
you, think how much worse
it might have been had they
quoted you correctly.

Profanity is the effort of a
feeble mind to express
itself forcefully.

Think twice before saying
an unkind word — then
don't say it.

Death and life are in
the power of the tongue,
And those who love it
will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21

A wholesome tongue
is a tree of life...
Proverbs 15:4