GOD IS MY DELIVERER

As follows, you will read some statements that I have been gathering through twitter together with some quotes from The Bible.  I hope that you enjoy them and keep them in mind to overcome any adverse situation.  God bless you.

In every situation you are facing today, God is working for your good and His Glory. If you are having doubts, talk to a brother or sister in Christ but always ask God for help.

Faith in Jesus Christ has power to override our feelings, because they don't always lead us in the right direction.

God never told you to figure everything out. He told you to trust Him. He's already got it figured out!

God doesn't wait for circumstances to line up before He speaks. He causes then to line up because He speaks.

Give God your problems and allow Him to give you solutions.

Preserve (protect) me, Oh God: for in you, I put my trust. Psalm 16:1

If God brings you to it, He will help you through it.

Jesus said, "Whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you" - John 15:16.

When you listen to God’s Word and speak His truths over your life, you will see amazing growth as God continues to work in your life. Joel Osteen 

My GOD is greater than my problems!

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28

God is with us. What can possibly be against us? God loves us and that is enough.

Why am I smiling today? Because I KNOW that GOD is already working on tomorrow.

Disappointments may come, disruptions may happen, but God has promised that what was meant harm you, He will use for your good!!!

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. Proverbs 3:24-26

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22

Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. Psalm 73:23

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?  Matthew 6:25

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  Romans 8:28

When we commit ourselves to Jesus Christ, when we place Jesus at the center of our lives and trust Him as our personal Savior, we can share Christ’s joy.

Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."  Joshua 1:9

BECAUSE GOD IS IN CONTROL, WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.

CRITICISM, GOSSIP AND ENVY

Small people never learn to be indifferent; they either envy or pity Unknown

Don't mind criticism. If it is untrue, disregard it; if unfair, keep from irritation; if it is ignorant, smile; if it is justified, it is not criticism, learn from it. Unknown

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. Edgar Watson Howe

He only profits from praise who values criticism. Heinrich Hein

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. William Somerset Maugham

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. Elbert Hubbard

For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Unknown

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Aristotle

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope. Josh Billings

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones Proverbs 14:30

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. Cesare Pavese

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be. Jean Rostand

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things. Lawrence G. Lovasik

Our envy of others devours us most of all. 

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Pity is for the living, envy is for the dead.

Mark Twain

Envy is counting the other fellows blessings instead of your own. Unknown

Who gossips to you, will gossip of you. Turkish Proverb

Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. Ayn Rand

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Jean Vanier

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself. English Proverb

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. Dante Alighieri

The most destructive criticism is indifference. Edgar W. Howe

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational. Warren Buffett

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. Benjamin Franklin

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't. Eleanor Roosevelt

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. Bible Quotes

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much. Bible Quotes

Who gossips with you will gossip of you. Irish Saying

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Erika Jong

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

He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue. Mark Twain

Gossip: Hearing something you like about someone you don't.  Earl Wilson

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

Eleanor Roosevelt

He who judges first, is the last to find true understanding. Unknown

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. ~ Lao Tzu

HAPPINESS....DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND DEFINITIONS

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waltley

‎The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping. Dale Carnegie

One of the most powerful happiness builders is gratitude. Practice being grateful daily.  Unknown

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Robert Heinlein

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.  Bernard Meltzer

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.  Andy Rooney

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation. Unknown

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.  Jackson Brown, Jr.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.  Albert Pike

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.  Buddha

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. Tolstoy

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.  Unknown

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.  Don Herold

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.   Seneca

Happiness is not always about getting what you want, but also loving what you have.   Bill Watterson

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.  Herman Cain

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.  Thich Nhat Hanh

When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.  GK Chesterton

Happiness…is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living. Haim Ginott

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.   Lao Tzu

It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days. 

Hugh Prather

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness.  Samuel Johnson. 

To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. Ecclesiastes 2:26

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. James Barrie, Sr.

Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object. Hermann Hesse

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don´t even remember leaving open. Rose Lane.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness.  Thomas Jefferson.

Where fear is, happiness is not. Seneca.

Success is getting what you want. HAPPINESS is liking what you get. Unknown

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.  Aeschylus

It's up to us to determine our happiness. No one else is in charge. No one else is to blame. No one else gets the credit. Our happiness is tied to our willingness to be responsible for our own moods. That’s a certainty — one of few in this life.   Karen Casey

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16

QUOTES AND SAYINGS ...FOR OUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: MOTHERS´DAY IS EVERYDAY....

QUOTES AND SAYINGS ...FOR OUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: MOTHERS´DAY IS EVERYDAY....: "Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont. A mother is she who ca..."

MOTHERS´DAY IS EVERYDAY....

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love. Mildred B. Vermont.

A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. Gaspard Mermillod.  

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the “great-vacationless” class.

Ann Morrow Linderbergh

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. Emma Bombeck

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

Tenneva Jordan

A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive.

Samuel Taylor

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln

No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you: life!

Unknown

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.

Spanish Proverb

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Henry Ward Beecher

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”  Washington Irving

A mother understands what a child does not say.  Unknown

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.  Balzac

A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking.  Helen Rice

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Rudyard Kipling

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. –Socrates

Blessed are the mothers of the world. They combine the practical and spiritual into the workable way of human life.  William L. Stinger

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother. Abraham Lincoln

If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.  Charles Simmons.

To love someone is wonderful. If someone loves you, is amazing. But to be loved unconditionally by the same person you love, is a blessing.  Without doubt, your mother is a blessing.  EMV.

SUCCESS REDEFINED

When you ask most of the people to define success or a successful person, immediately they link “success” to financial performance and/or fame.  Nevertheless, the real successful individuals are self-fulfilled and rarely their success is linked to their personal net worth. They perform as true leaders without blaming the world for their failures and they continue in their endeavors, taking full responsibility of their deeds.

As an example, as follows you will read some definitions of “Success” according to some people who are or were really successful in each of their fields and/or in their personal livelihood, who have in turn experienced failure in the process of being successful.  In most of the cases, the hard work, honesty and determination are emphasized and evident.  I hope you enjoy the following selection of quotes.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform cease to exist.

Mary Kay Ash

The Lord gave us two ends -- one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. Unknown

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan. English Proverb

Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are. Jim Rohn.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity. 

Lou Holtz

The best way to sell you to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Napoleon Hill

Try not to be a man of success, but a man of value.

Albert Einstein

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful. Unknown

The secret of success is consistency of purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli

Success rule #1: Believe in yourself. Success rule #2: Live up to your beliefs. Unknown

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. Unknown

The Meaning of Success Is a Personal Definition. Unknown

To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Unknown

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try. Mother Teresa

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. 

Lou Holtz

The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. - Jim Rohn

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people to believe they cannot lose.  Bill Gates

Try every angle, and never give up. Remember: "Failure doesn't come from a lack of knowledge or resources, but a lack of will.” Unknown

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna has fame; Helen Keller has the other. Unknown

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. Confucius

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Herman Cain

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. George Sheehan

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

Sven Goran Eriksson.

I must admit, I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to their fellow human beings.  Margaret Mead

You always pass failure on the way to success. 

Mickey Rooney

Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal. Mike Ditka

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. Bill Cosby

I would rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate. George Burns

Success doesn't come to you; you go to it. Marva Collins

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Helen Gurley Brown

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Sir Winston Churchill

Personal responsibility is the root of all personal and professional success. Bud Bilanich

Set aside time for structured "play time." Real innovation does not happen by accident. The capacity to creatively improvise is an important factor in differentiating businesses that are successful in the face of change from those that are not.  JoAnna Brandi

All successful leaders place a premium on keeping their promises and commitments.  Steve Ventura

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. Robert Collier

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Richard Buckminster Fuller.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

John D. Rockefeller. 

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success Alexander Graham Bell. 

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell.

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:8

Success is sweet, and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. Amos Bronson Alcott.

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Jim Rohn

If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well. Ecclesiastes 10:10

TOP PROVERBS FROM THE WORLD

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. Lebanese Proverb

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. Eskimo Proverb

Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. Chinese Proverb

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.

French Proverb

The road to a friend's house is never long.

Danish Proverb

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. Chinese Proverb

An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. Chinese Proverbs

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

German Proverb

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.  Chinese Proverb

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. Jewish Proverb

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan. English Proverb

A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. Russian Proverb

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese Proverbs

The road to a friend's house is never long.

Danish Proverb

If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice.

Chinese Proverbs

It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them. German Proverb

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. Chinese Proverb

Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him. -Scottish Proverb

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. Chinese Proverb

If you suspect a man, don't employ him, & if you employ him, don't suspect him. -Chinese Proverb

Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.  Chinese Proverb

One joy scatters a hundred griefs. Chinese Proverbs

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. African Proverb

He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.

Spanish Proverb

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. Chinese Proverb

Use soft words and hard arguments. English Proverb

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever. Chinese Proverb

He that seeks trouble never misses. French Proverb

You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. Rwandan Proverb

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, educate people. Chinese Proverb

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Ancient Proverb

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys. Jewish Proverb

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself. African Proverb

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his Tools. 

Spanish Proverb

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.  Chinese Proverb

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. African Proverb

A smile will gain you ten more years of life.

Chinese Proverb

A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.  American/African Proverb

What is told into the ear of a man is often heard a hundred miles away. Chinese Proverb

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. Chinese Proverb

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. Swedish Proverb

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.  English Proverb

It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. Danish Proverb

Life is not holding a good hand. Life is playing a poor hand well. Danish Proverb

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. Chinese Proverb

One kind word can warm three winter months. Japanese Proverb

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. French Proverb

If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. 

Chinese Proverb

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. African Proverb

Better to remain silent and be considered as a fool that to speak and remove all doubt. English Proverb

The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. Russian Proverb

To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. Ancient Proverb

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month’s study of books.

Chinese Proverb

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. English Proverb

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. African Proverb

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies. Arabian Proverb

He has enough who is content. English Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. Chinese Proverb

An empty purse frightens away friends.

English Proverb

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself. African Proverb

He who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy. German Proverb

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.  Italian Proverb

A heart that loves is always young. Greek Proverb

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them. But do not let them master you. - Hellen Keller

Your smile makes you pretty. Your body makes you sexy. Only your mind makes you beautiful. - Anon

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. Spanish Proverb

THE BASIS FOR GOOD COMMUNICATION: LISTEN, LISTEN!!!

Dear reader, a good friend of mine suggested that I should focus on a specific subject when gathering my preferred quotes.  I kindly accepted his suggestion.  This is the end result. This blog focuses on LISTENING as opposed to SPEAKING as the basis for good communication and successful relationships in both, your private life and in a business environment.


Considering that in many occasions during a conversation, we simply do not listen the other party as we are just thinking about our answer and/or defending ourselves, I have selected a number of quotes that pinpoint the importance of listening and the need to think before we speak. There is also the alternative to remain silent. 


Sometimes, our silence is the best answer. And in any case, just for the sake of mutual respect, we should allow the other party to complete his/her statement before we answer and/or provide any explanation. It is to your own advantage to listen and to learn from others.


If we learn to listen (different from "hear"), there is a great chance that we can succeed in our daily communication and in our personal and professional development. I hope that you enjoy and learn from the following quotes.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.  Churchill

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Jimi Hendrix


He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.  Erica Jong


In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go it alone.
  John Clendenin  


Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. Dr. Joyce Brothers


The Land of Opportunity is an attitude. It is an openness to new ideas, a willingness to listen, an eagerness to learn, a desire to grow, and the flexibility to change.
 BJ Gallagher


Focus on listening. Listening is a sign of respect…a demonstration that people and their ideas are important. When people know you're willing to listen, they will share their ideas as well as their frustrations. Listening enables you to build a foundation of trust that is essential to motivation. John Baldoni


Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen for what they don't want to hear.  John Madden


If people listened to themselves more often, they would talk less. Unknown.


A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.  Wilson Mizner


Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin. 


Excellent service givers pay attention to the person and situation at hand. They listen for things the client isn’t saying.  Linda Byars Swindling


From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance. Unknown


Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. Richard Bach


When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. Victor Hugo


One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.
 Rebecca Falls


I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. Publilius Syrus


When you say something, make sure that your words are not worse than your silence. Unknown


Silence is safer than speech.  Epictetus


Stay focused on what God would want when you get offended, and you will be more likely to do the right thing. Mike Randerson


False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.  Socrates


What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth. Jewish Proverb


You need two years to learn to speak and sixty more years are needed to learn to be silent. Ernest Hemingway


I don't hear very well but I try to listen you very carefully with all my heart and soul. This is critical for ideal communication, understanding and mutual love. E. Mendoza


Never provide unneeded explanations; your friends don’t need them and your enemies will not believe them.  Oscar Wilde


The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.  Marya Mannes


The ignorant one affirms, the wise questions and doubts and meditates/reflects. Aristotle


When you talk, make sure that your words are better than your silence and remember that you are master of your silence and slave to your words. Unknown


You should maintain your mouth closed when you are swimming and when you are angry and upset. Unknown


I rather annoy you with the truth, than to please you with adulation and flattery. Unknown


Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.  Epictetus.


The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
 Hans Hofmann


Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.
 Jack Nichols


If you raise your voice volume, your arguments descend; is more intelligent the one that learns to tolerate than the one that shouts. Unknown 


The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart . St. Jerome


The best relationships--friendship and otherwise--tend to be those where you “can” say anything to the other person but you don't say “everything”.   Audrey Beth Stein


The best way to become boring is to say everything. Voltaire


One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears. Dean Rusk


Welcome ideas that are not your own. Be open to what others have to say without getting defensive. Make it okay for others to share their ideas — even if those ideas conflict with yours. John Baldoni


Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. James 3:5 (NIV Bible)


The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:6 (NIV Bible)


Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be. Unknown


Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” Plato


In conclusion, in many occasions we don’t process/analyze what we say and we speak everything that we think without taking into account the implications from such words. I rather remain silent and learn from others and then react when appropriate.