Word Quotes

But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which
makes thousands, perhaps millions, think....Lord Byron.

Kind words are short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless....Mother Teresa.

Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most
powerful words. They are more convincing,
more compelling, more prevailing.....W. Gladden.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely,
attentively, then you are listening not only to the words,
but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed,
to the whole of it, not part of it....Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from
big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know
them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words,
and those are the ones I use....Ernest Hemingway.

Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us,
they socialize or unsocialize us....David Riesman.

Words are, of course, the most
powerful drug used by mankind....Rudyard Kipling.

Words may show a man's wit,
but actions his meaning....Benjamin Franklin.

The language of friendship is
not words, but meanings....Henry David Thoreau.

A thousand words will not leave so deep
an impression as one deed....Henrik Ibsen.

A careless word may kindle strife;
a cruel word may wreck a life;
a timely word may level stress;
a loving word may heal and bless....Unknown.

Words are just words and without heart
they have no meaning....Chinese Proverb.

All words are pegs to hang
ideas on....Henry Ward Beecher.

When I say beautiful things,
I'm not necessarily living them;
when I live them, the beautiful thing is
that words aren't necessary....Brock Tully.

The bird is known by his note,
the man by his words...English Proverb.

Hear the meaning within
the word....William Shakespeare.

Words represent your intellect.
The sound, gesture and movement
represent your feelings....Patricia Fripp.

A powerful agent is the right word.
Whenever we come upon one of those
intensely right words in a book or newspaper
the resulting effect is physical as well as
spiritual, and electrically prompt....Mark Twain.

Friendships begin because, even without words,
we understand how someone feels....Joan Walsh Anglund.

Words without actions are the
assassins of idealism....Herbert Hoover.

I wish our clever young poets would remember my
homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is
prose; words in their best order;—poetry; the best
words in the best order....Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be
expressed in words that equal what we
are given by the senses....Hannah Arendt.

A blow with a word strikes deeper
than a blow with a sword....Robert Burton.

Every time we give our word, it counts.
For the most part, most people give it entirely too
often. Our word is a precious commodity and should
be treated as such....John-Roger and Peter McWilliams.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall,
but wise words endure....Edward Thorndike.

Words are potent weapons for
all causes, good or bad....Manly Hall.

The written word can be erased --
not so with the spoken word....Unknown.

If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit,
they must be the right words shaped cunningly to
pass men's defenses and explode silently and
effectually within their minds....J. B. Phillips.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing
is not what it's about, but the music
the words make....Truman Capote.

Handle them carefully, for words have more
power than atom bombs....Pearl Strachan Hurd.

Words do two major things:
They provide food for the mind and create
light for understanding and awareness....Jim Rohn.

When you open your mouth to speak, you reveal
a great deal. The words you use and the way
you speak are like a blueprint of who you are
deep inside....Robert K. Dellenbach.

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