Inspirational Quotes on Gossip

“What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?”

“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”

“If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.”

“Calumny would soon starve and die of itself if nobody took it in and gave it a lodging.”

“I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christian are hurling on others.”

“Perhaps we have been guilty of speaking against someone and have not realized how it may have hurt them. Then when someone speaks against us, we suddenly realize how deeply such words hurt, and we become sensitive to what we have done. ”

“It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.”

“We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others.”

“How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.”

“Learn to hold thy tongue; five words cost Zacharias forty weeks of silence.”

“There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart.”

“God has given us two ears, but one tongue, to show that we should be swift to hear, but slow to speak. God has set a double fence before the tongue, the teeth and the lips, to teach us to be wary that we offend not with our tongue.”

“Words must be weighed, not counted.”

“Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you.”

“It often shows a fine command of language to say nothing.”

“You have become a mature person when keeping a secret gives you more satisfaction than passing it along.”

“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, don't be surprised if they are whispered to the trees.”

“Some people will believe anything if it's whispered to them.”

“Knitting gives women something to think about while they are talking.”

“Let us follow in Jesus' footsteps. Let people say whatever evil they want to, about us. If we honour God, He will one day honour us.”