#speak

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind. ↗

— John G. Diefenbaker

#free-to-speak #freedom #john-diefenbaker #freedom

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#functions #i #imagination #much #people

Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep reality from the population. ↗

— Dwight Schultz

#away #enemy #get #give #hand

The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamouring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#sea #soul #speak #waves #inspirational

If you speak or write truth about powerful men, they become your enemies. ↗

— Matthew Paris

#become #men #powerful #speak #truth

When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example. ↗

— Big Sean

#back #brag #example #following #graduated

Sometimes, some lies that spoken with high confidence could be more receptive than facts that spoken with doubt. ↗

— Toba Beta

#doubt #facts #lies #life #receptive

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good. ↗

— Andrew Solomon

#depression #fear #life #speaking #words

There has never been a meaningful life built on easy street. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #inspirational #leadership #motivational #pastors

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#cannot #faults #friend #friendship #him