On January 15th John Zimmer posted Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 248) Elbert Hubbard at his Manner of Speaking blog which was:
“To escape criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
It follows the familiar Rule of Three. Back on January 9, 2015 Quote Investigator looked at where else it came from.
But I recognized it as being a negative version of something similar to the 1927 motto of Taylor Allderdice High School, which I graduated from in Pittsburgh and is:
“Know Something. Do Something. Be Something.”
The U.S. Army also uses a three-part leadership slogan of Be-Know-Do, which was written by Major Boyd M. Harris in 1983.
A better positive version for speakers is to:
Know Something. Say Something. Be Something.
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