It's Better To Remain Silent If You Have Nothing Good To Say

Yes, I have heard this say, "if you don't have anything nice to say, you should not say anything at all," all through my upbringing. However, I do not fully agree with this saying. If a friend in trouble and you know that you should tell them something that is not nice for them to hear, and you know it will hurt them so you keep your silence; your friend will suffer because you refused to tell the truth to your friend because it was unpleasant. Sometime saying unpleasant, but necessary words can be lifesaving.

I have a conflict with a friend. Then the other person want to join on it and spread the issue to the other people who really don't know me at all. She invited me to acompany her in a night party with her schoolmates. Then she is with her Ex-boyfriend who I thought she still inlove with. Then on the midle of the night she is with friends and talking about things. Then her Ex-boyfriend and I talk about how they met and his Karate lesson. Afterwards, We saw her crying like crazy and don't want to talk to me. She just misinterpret it. It's been 4 years since the last time we talk and go out with our friends. We are formally settled. And I hope that everything is fine now. But people think about me negatively. Good day! God bless!

Of course I agree with your father. I just told the exact same thing to someone a few days ago!

This tends to be a good practice. There are going to be a lot of times in this world where we are going to have some thoughts that are not really good. However, it is not a good idea to say anything bad about people. It just is a good idea to be the bigger person, to let someone else be the one to instigate the trouble if necessary. When you think about it, you are going to be the one's that are going to come off as the better person, if you are able to just mind your tongue and mind what you say. In many ways, there are going to be a lot of people who are going to do things that you might not be too fond of. However it is just to mind your words. I think that it is a good survival technique to go through life. You are able to be the person who seems unlikely to stir up a lot of trouble. So yeah in the end, it is some extremely sound advice. There are just many things that are best said unsaid and there are a number of times where you have to take the higher road. Life will be a lot more peaceful in many ways and we have to be mindful of what is said, especially if its negative.

I respect the popular proverb that says "Silence is golding " It is better to keep quiet if one does not have a positive word to say. Talking rubbish usually portray us in an ungentmanly fashion and it makes us look stupid. I think it is better to remain quiet and it keeps us from false accusation

I agree with you fathers wise words. When you keep quiet when you when you don't have anything good to say, nobody will think that you are mute anyway. A very intelligent quote indeed. This is the type of quote that people are need to remember when they in future journeys in life . This is the same principle as thinking twice before acting. This quote is so true and can help people to avoid trouble from other people

That's true. Better not to say something bad than regret what you have said that can hurt the people you love. I do this when my husband and I has an argument, I'd rather keep my mouth shut that talk senseless things. When we are angry, we can't think right that is why we tend to hurt our love ones. If you are irritated, just close your eyes, relax and smile. Just discuss things after you have thought things over.

I completely agree with you. Saying something negative can just make a situation worse than what it is. It's better to listen to everything first than to just jump right in with something negative to say. I use to do that when I was younger and figured out that does no good for the argument.