Silence is the strong fence around wisdom. If your foot slips, you can regain your balance, but if your tongue slips, you can never rebuild your image again.
“The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.”
“Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten.” — Carl Sandburg
“A slip of the foot may injure your body, but a slip of the tongue will injure your bond.” ― Amit Kalantri
“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.”
“You can not control the thought, but you can control the tongue.”
We’ve all been hurt by words before. So before you speak, think about how your words might affect someone else. — Naya Rivera
The tongue is but a small soft flesh. yet it is capable of breaking the strongest bonds and destroying the most powerful of relationships. – Yasir Qadhi
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter. – Samuel Johnson
It’s better to bite your tongue than to eat your words. – Frank Sonnenberg
“Your words can be powerful, then can hurt or uplift, so think before you speak, as every word you say counts.” – Leon Brown