Phrase info Synonyms Antonyms

speak softly

Synonyms

Antonyms

Examples

Speak softly and carry a big stick. Theodore Roosevelt

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. Susan Cain

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. Terry Pratchett

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet. William O. Douglas

There is a homely adage which runs, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.' If the American nation will speak softly and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. Theodore Roosevelt

Speak softly and carry a big stick. English Proverb

Words in the phrase

Close letter words and terms