Tongues Quotes

Their tongues rot that speak against us.

– William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 7.

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.

– George Dennison Prentice

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.

– The Bible

Mark 16:17

When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.

– Andy Serkis

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

– The Bible

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

– The Bible

Acts 2:4

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

– John Lyly

There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world: and none is without voice. If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian: and he that speaketh a barbarian to me.

– The Bible

Saint Paul, 1 Corinthians 14:10-11