Speak Softly

Speak softly—let your words be few,
Let kindness shape each thing you do.
No need for noise, no boastful show,
True strength is calm, it doesn’t crow.

Carry a stick, not raised in pride,
But held with truth at mercy’s side.
Not meant for wrath or quick display,
But firm when darkness blocks the way.

A quiet voice, a steady hand,
A heart that trusts God’s greater plan.
For power ruled by humble grace
Will stand when storms erase the loudest face.

So walk in peace, yet do not yield
The ground where truth must be revealed.
Speak softly still—be strong, be wise—
For heaven backs the meek who rise.

Proverbs 15:1 (KJV)
A soft answer turneth away wrath:
but grievous words stir up anger.

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far” 
1901
Theodore Roosevelt,

Roosevelt believed that quiet confidence + credible strength was more effective than loud threats or empty talk.

For God’s Honor and Glory

MarkWaldrop