Quotes on Speak Softly

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations.

In the dime stores and bus stations
 People talk of situations
 Read books, repeat quotations
 Draw conclusions on the wall
 Some speak of the future
 My love she speaks softly
 She knows there’s no success like failure
 And that failure’s no success at all -Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero / No Limit” (1965)

[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.

In the dime stores and bus stations, people talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, draw conclusions on the wall.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.