Quotes on WORDS

"Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants." ~Deuteronomy 32:2

 

"A kind word is like a spring day." ~Anon

 "A book is like a tree. Light is needed to see the life and feel the soul of each word contained in every leaf, and produce the fruit of wisdom." ~Jeffrey Cejero 

“A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.”  ~Beryl Markham

"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." ~Anon

"A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words." ~Anon

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

"A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love." ~Thomas C Haliburton

“A word after a word after a word is power.” ~Margaret Atwood

"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper." ~E. B. White

"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind." ~Khalil Gibran

"Angelic love is every kind word gently whispered for your heart." ~Robert Clancy

"As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realise how poor a creature I am, how impotent are words in the presence of such perfection." ~Celia L. Thaxter

"Be an empty page, untouched by words." ~Rumi

"Be mindful of the words you speak.
Speak your dreams, not your fears". ~Tamara Star

"Be silent,  or let thy words be worth more than silence." ~Pythagoras 

"Beautiful words have beautiful, clear vibrations." ~Masaru Emoto

"Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; what is intolerable is a cold gaze and harsh words." ~Anon

“Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.” ~Abd-el-Kadar 

"Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order." ~Francis Bacon

“Don’t be afraid to use big words with your kids. If they can say TYRANNOSAURUS REX - they can say anything.” ~BackChat Speech Pathology 

"Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak." ~Wiiliam Paul Young

"Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent one will do." ~Adage

"Don't use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thoughts." ~John Stott

"Don't waste words in people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all." ~Mandy Hale

“Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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

"God hears us even when we are at a loss for words." ~Susan Olsen

"God's Word says we can have confidence that when we pray, He hears us and we have the petitions we desire of Him." ~LaVerne Hayes Harris, author, Prayers of The Righteous, May 11, 2016

"Good words are worth much and cost little." ~George Herbert

"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard

"How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul.” ~Frances Hodgson Burnett

"I don't trust words, I trust vibes. People can tell you anything, but a vibe tells you everything." ~Anon

"I love arranging the words and having them fall on the ear the right way, and you know you're not quite there, and you're redoing it and redoing it, and there's a wonderful thrill to it. But it is hard. It's a job of tremendous anxiety for me." ~Elizabeth Strout

“I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.” ~Walt Whitman

"I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony." ~Gustave Flaubert

"I will be generous with my love today. I will sprinkle complements and uplifting words everywhere I go. I will do this knowing that my words are like seeds and when they fall on fertile soil, a reflection of those seeds will grow into something greater." ~Steve Maraboli

"If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” ~Mark Twain

"If someone planted an acorn in front of your house for every kind word you ever spoke and chopped down a tree for every unkind word, would your garden be a forest or a desert? ~Anon

"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." ~Edward Hopper

"If you ever doubt the power of language, listen more closely. Witness the magic the first time someone whispers "i love you." Watch a woman put on head phones, close her eyes, and have her life changed by a lyric. See a bad moment flipped upside down by a well timed joke. Words propel us, empower us, make us human and more than human. We constantly struggle to say what we mean and mean what we say. To "wrestle with words and meanings." that's what t.s. eliot calls it. But as we whisper and shout, stutter and spin, we create order out of the chaos around us. We are built of words, and we live by them, too." ~Hallmark

"If you want to hear beautiful replies, speak beautiful words." ~Imam Ali

“Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense.” ~Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon

"Impeccability of the word can be measured by your level of self-love. If you love yourself, you will express that love in your interactions with others, and that action will produce a like reaction." ~Don Miguel Ruiz

"In heaven all words are thoughtful, all acts are kind, all life is respected, and every moment is enjoyed. If we chose to live this way now, we would experience heaven on earth." ~A.D. Williams

"In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood." ~Henry David Thoreau

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends." ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.” ~Judy Garland on Caring

"In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on." ~Robert Frost

"Inspiring words sprung out of life's greatest endeavour and deepest of sorrow." ~Salitype (16 September 2009 on Beautiful Road blog)

"It does not take many words to speak the truth." ~Chief Joseph 

‪"It is in the realm of words that the human spirit cannot be imprisoned or clobbered." ~Susan Esplago Maalindog‬

"It's only words, and words are all I have." ~Bee Gees

"It's the heart with which our words are weaved that makes for an evergreen oeuvre." ~Lucky Stephen Onyah

"It is the wordless wind that knows where every kind of beauty goes. And if you lose love in the end, say it was taken by the wind." ~George Dillon

"It was only a kindly word,

And a word that is lightly spoken,

Yet not in vain, for it stilled the pain

Of a heart that was nearly broken.

~Anon

"It was through words I found you. Through words, I reach you. And through words, I beg to keep you close." ~Caroline George, Dearest Josephine

"Kind and helpful words, and optimistic words of encouragement can make such a difference on any day of the week, whether we speak or hear them." ~Attributed to a Needlewoman (From TFBFG 1998)

"Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still." ~Frederick William Faber

"Kind words are the music of the world" ~Frederick William Faber

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

"Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much." ~Blaise Pascal

"Kindness begins with the words we choose." ~ A.D. Williams

"Kindness is an art. You are the painter, and the painting. Color your words — your world — with soft tones and enhanced effect." ~Drei Toledo

“Kisses: Words which cannot be written.” ~Nicole Louise Divino

"Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone." ~Paul Tillich

"Let's pick our words today. They colour our children's thoughts, character and self-beliefs." ~Nurturing Life

"Listening is a primitive act of love in which a person gives him- or herself to another's word, making oneself accessible and vulnerable to that word." ~William Stringfellow

"Look deep within my eyes and see all the words a mouth can't say and only a heart can understand." ~Bryson T. Staley

"Meaning isn't found in my words. It's found in the feelings and thoughts that lie beneath them." ~Robin Korth

"Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don’t pay so much attention to the words. In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love is mute." ~Shams Tabrizi

"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak." ~Paul Wellstone

"Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible." ~Hugh B. Brown

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." ~Brainy Quote

"Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well." ~Mitch Albom

"One day you will find the words and they will be simple." ~Jack Kerouac

"One of the hardest things in life is to have words in your heart that you just cannot say." ~Creating Connections

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words." ~Sidney Goff

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." ~Sophocles

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

“Our experiences of everything are framed by the words we use and ideas we attach to them. You change a word or two here or there and you get vastly different effects.” ~Ellen Langer, Social Psychologist, Harvard University, The Power of the Word

"Our words and actions reflect our wisdom." ~A.D. Williams

"Plant words of encouragement everywhere today. Watch what happens." ~Power of Who

"Poetry is essential to get a sense of how language works – how distillation pand rhythm and rhyme and colour can give the mere act of putting words together an extraordinary expressive power." ~Unattributed by George Daniel Anos

"Poetry for me is like the mountain, like the ocean or the sky. It helps in evoking or mapping many emotions that we keep within ourselves in few lines while leaving much space for those who encounter them to form their own stories too. Without any limits or positions, It’s a freedom. It can be one word or many." ~Tenzin Choegyal, poetry ambassador

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words." ~Robert Frost

"Ponder and think with every word you speak .. Words can be forgiven, but never forgotten." ~Ron Hastings

"Read a thousand books and your words will flow like a river." ~Virginia Woolf

"She had always wanted words, she loved them, grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. Whereas I thought words bent emotions like sticks in water." ~Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

"Silence doesn't always mean you have nothing to say. It may mean you realise that words aren't always necessary." ~Hart Ramsey 

"Silence is prayer when words are inadequate." ~Anon 

"Sometimes silence is more powerful than having the last word." ~Thema Davis

"Sometimes the words themselves are translated from the soul of the paper, to remind us where we stopped, where we should go." ~Gordana Andonovska   

"Sometimes the words we leave unspoken are the most important ones that should have been said." ~Anon

"Speak good things,
Words have wings."
~Homer, Greek Poet

"Speak only if your words are more beautiful than your silence." ~Anon

"Take time to listen to tbose  things that speak without words." ~Samantha C. Lourie, Butterflies and Pebbles

"Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds." ~Sir Walter Raleigh

"Taste your words before you spit them out. You might need to eat them later." ~Rain Bojangles

"Tears are words that need to be written." ~Paulo Coelho

"Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else's survival guide." ~Morgan Harper Nichols

"Tender words we spoke to one another are sealed in the secret vaults of heaven. One day like rain,they will fall to earth and grow green all over the world." ~Rumi

"The act of writing itself is like an act of love. There is contact. There is exchange too. We no longer know whether the words come out of the ink onto the page, or whether they emerge from the page itself where they were sleeping, the ink merely giving them colour." ~Georges Rodenbach, The Bells of Bruges

"The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance." ~Shannon L. Alder

"The inspiration you need is often found in a few simple words of wisdom." ~Jeff Haden

"The man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them." ~Washington Irving (1783-1859)

"The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become." ~May Sarton

"The power of words can break or make a man, woman or child. Poems, in my view, are stories, products of thoughts, weaved into a smaller package. Prose can be your playground (it is mine)... that bridges into poetry, if the winds allow it. Allow the heart to pour, quieten the mind." ~Hedda Tady 

"The saddest words of pen and tongue, it could have been…" ~Anon

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.” ~Tao

"The way we speak to our child matters, for those words travel beyond their ears, settling into the creases of their hearts and the crevices of their self worth. " ~Anon

"The word forever seems like a long time, bit if you're with the person you love then forever isn't long enough." ~Daniel Martinez

"The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey." ~Sarah Fielding

"The words the happy say

Are paltry melody 

But those the silent feel 

Are beautiful."

~Emily Dickinson 

‪"The words we use to describe our experiences, not the experiences, influences our frontal, temporal lobes and the structure of our thalamus, which is the part of the brain that acts as a center for perception, and changes in response to our words, thoughts, and feelings, affecting the way in which we perceive ourselves, others, and the world.‬ Using the right words can literally transform our reality." ~‬Michael Mantell

"The words you speak become the house you live in." ~Hafiz

"There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself." ~Brian Andreas

"There are four very important words in life: love, honesty, truth and respect. Without these in your life, you have nothing." ~Anon

“They borrow words for thoughts they cannot feel.” ~Jones Very, from “The Dead,” 1839

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another." ~Napoleon Hill

"To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for when the word passes beyond understanding the very thing the word stands for passes out of the world and cannot be recalled." ~Stephen R. Lawhead

"Two things to remember in life: Take care of your thoughts when you are alone, and, take care of your words when you are with the people."

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"We're fascinated by the words - but where we meet is in the silence behind them." ~Ram Dass

"We forget that the spoken word is like a double edge sword and it is also like a seed, and when spoken that seed is planted into the brain. Words should not be used to try to make someone feel bad or guilty. Nor should a harsh word be used to describe a color or a race. A simple word can be imprinted into the brain of a child and cause a lifetime of hurt. Using a harsh word to describe someone can cause someone to judge them unfairly. These seeds can grow and lead to a lifetime of resentment, low self-esteem and hatred. Keep your words soft and uplifting and the seeds that you plant pure. Words should be used to build someone up not tear them down." ~Kim Bayne, Live Life Positively

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

"When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain. We may map the terrains of our lives, measure the farthest reaches of the universe, but no amount of searching will ever reveal for certain whether we are all children of chance or part of a great design. And who among us would have it otherwise? Who would wish to take the mystery out of the experience of looking into a newborn infant's eyes?" ~Kent Nerburn

"When men run out of words, they reach for their swords." ~Oliver Cromwell

"When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words." ~Thema Davi

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." ~Ansel Adams

"When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let it go." ~Anon

"When words fail, flowers console..!" ~Anon

"When words fail, music speaks." ~Anon

"When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less." ~Arundhati Roy

"Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal." ~Samuel Richardson

"Where words fail, music speaks." ~Hans Christian Andersen

"WORDS...always find its way to our hearts desire...sought the inner self into thy soul...capturing the infringement of every emotion...fusing them all in a captivating notion of feeling endowed by heart and body...mind and thoughts..." ~Suzette Portes San Jose 

"Words appear, float , glide and sit firmly. Refusing to be moved." ~Rolaiza Miami Singayao in her prosaic poetic mode

"Words are my paintbrush, and my life is the canvas. What I paint with words is the way I see myself. . . the way I see my entire reality. What I paint is my life, and how it looks depends on how I use the word." ~Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements for a Better Life

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words." ~Maulana Rumi

"Words are expressions of the intellect, which is cold and dry and slightly robotic." ~Jonathan Cainer

"Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses." ~William Butler Yeats

"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic." ~Dumbledore

"Words are like bees – some create honey and others leave a sting." ~Anon

"Words are living things, they have the power to inspire, uplift, and to destroy. Think about that before you open your mouth today!" ~Michael Baisden

"Words are mere bubbles of water, but deeds are drops of gold." ~Chinese Proverb

“Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.” ~George Bernard Shaw

"Words are powerful. Use them carefully. Use them lovingly. Use them wisely." ~A.D. Williams

"Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble." ~Yehuda Berg

"Words are the pen of the heart, but music is the pen of the soul." ~Shneur Zalman

"Words are the small change of thought." ~Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910)

"Words are tools that in the hands of the craftsmen can lead you to the edge of the cliff. Only you can leap and soar with the wind." ~Wisdom Quote

"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.” ~Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes

"Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

"Words convey our thoughts and meanings, but poems translate them into feelings, the inner tempests of the moment." ~‪Carlos Silverio Bueno‬, 12 October 2018

"Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid." ~Homer

"Words have great power. The power to help, the power to heal, and the power to hurt. Use this power carefully." ~A.D. Williams

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

"Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man." ~Louis Nizer

"Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their lustre." ~Cyril Connolly (1903-1974), British critic. The Unquiet Grave

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."~Unattributed

"Words have wings so speak good things." ~Anon

“Words inspire people but actions speak louder than words." ~Francisco "Isko" Moreno, City of Manila Mayor 2019

"Words make you think. Music makes you feel. A song makes you feel a thought." ~E. Y. Harburg

"Words matter. They have the power to enter the minds and hearts of others. Words can lift someone up or tear them down at any spoken moment. Be mindful and use your words deliberately in a way that they deliver kindness. Never let harsh words press through your lips. Try not to be overwhelmed and absorbed with 'self'." ~Dr. Jill Lee

"Words of wisdom are like  dew drops condensed from the vapours of humanity's activities and experiences... captured in a web called Book of Wisdom. So pure and unadulterated that it glistens under the rays of the morning sun." ~Crispulo Baccud Tapa 

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"Words! What power they hold. Once they have rooted in your psyche, it is difficult to escape them. Words can shape the future of a child and destroy the existence of an adult. Words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you have pronounced them, you cannot remove the scar they leave behind." ~Vashti Quiroz-Vega

“Writing is not just an ability to write. There is more to it. Thinking and reasoning are just two seeds that would nourish letters and words to become fruits of inspiration and change! Let the seeds grow!” ~Rado Gatchalian 

“Yelling silences your message.  Speak quietly so your children can hear your words instead of just your voice.” ~L. R. KNOST

"You are the master of what you say until you utter it. Once you deliver it, you are its captive. Preserve your tongue as you do your gold and money. One word could bring disgrace and the termination of a bliss." ~Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S

"You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable." ~George Eliot (1819-1880)

"You may have a million words of wisdom, but only one is ever needed…love." ~Robert Clancy

"Your words of encouragement could be the spark that pushes someone forward." ~Anon

RELATED QUOTES 

“A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.” ~Winston Churchill 

VERSES

"I shall humbly wrap your words
around my head and chest.
To protect me from my ego.
To guard my heart
from the evil of pride.
To inspire me."
~‪Rolaiza Mimi Singayao‬

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"It was only a kindly word,

And a word that is lightly spoken,

Yet not in vain, for it stilled the pain

Of a heart that was nearly broken.

~Anon

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“We speak the good words,
But do not live them.
We perform the beautiful rituals,
But don’t embody them.
We praise our capacity for reason,

But are unreasonably intolerant

Of other people’s validity, and reasons.”
~Ben Okri, from ‘Mental Fight’

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