QuoteProject
Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.
Miguel De Cervantes
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

Think before you speak and be observant.

This quote emphasizes the importance of careful thought and observation in communication. It suggests that one should take the time to listen and analyze before responding, promoting mindfulness and wisdom in interactions with others.

Themes

CommunicationWisdomMindfulnessObservationSpeech

In practice

Example use cases

This quote can be used in a public speaking workshop to highlight the importance of thoughtful communication.

More from Miguel De Cervantes

The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.
Miguel De CervantesRead
Patience and shuffle the cards.
Miguel De CervantesRead
It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.
Miguel De CervantesRead
When the head aches, all the members partake of the pain.
Miguel De CervantesRead
Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.
Miguel De CervantesRead
If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.
Miguel De CervantesRead

Similar quotes

Just go with it. It won't hurt.' I stared at him. Adults only ever said that when it, whatever it happened to be, was going to hurt so much.
Neil GaimanRead
On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's hidden. It's illuminated life more than darkened it.
Alice WalkerRead
Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.
Lord ChesterfieldRead
Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.
William ShakespeareRead
A belief may be comforting. Only through your own experience, however, does it become liberating.
Eckhart TolleRead
All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence.
Gautama BuddhaRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.