Power of words quotes "50 powerful quotations to Empower and Inspire You"

QUOTES ABOUT THE POWER OF WORDS

01
Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed. Abraham Joshua Herschel

02
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society. Alan Watts

03
All human wisdom is contained in these two words - wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas

04
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach. Anne Bradstreet TWEET THIS

05
If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive. Betty Eadie

06
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Blaise Pascal

07
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Carol Burnett

08
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more. Confucius

09
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1

10
I always thought of words as art supplies. Douglas Coupland

11
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe

12
There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking. E.L. Doctorow

13
A word is dead when it is said some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson

14
All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time. Ernest Hemingway

15
A picture can speak a thousand words, but a thousand words can paint you a thousand pictures. Evy Michaels TWEET THIS

16
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. Friedrich Nietzsche

17
Good words are worth much, and cost little. George Herbert TWEET THIS

18
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. George Orwell

19
Don't ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs. Hamza Yusuf

20
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer

21
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid. Homer

22
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. Jessamyn West

23
Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall. Jodi Picoult

24
Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there. Joel Osteen

25
Words are but pictures of our thoughts. John Dryden

26
No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. John Keating TWEET THIS

27
My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see. Joseph Conrad

28
Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry. Joyce Meyer

29
Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you. KushandWizdom

30
Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world. Lawrence G. Lovasik

31
You only have as much time as you think you do. Start telling yourself you have enough time. Leticia Rae

32
A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. Ludwig Wittgenstein

33
Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad. Manly Hall

34
All big changes of the world come from words. Marjane Satrapi

35
The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. Markus Zusak

36
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa TWEET THIS

37
Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. Pearl Strachan Hurd

38
There exists, for everyone, a sentence - a series of words - that has the power to destroy you. Another sentence exists, another series of words, that could heal you. Philip K. Dick

39
Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don't mean much to you, may stick with someone else for a lifetime. Rachel Wolchin

40
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi

41
A picture can tell a thousand words, but a few words can change its story. Sebastyne Young

42
We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence - and even start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors. Suzy Kassem

43
Your words have as much power as you choose when you speak to the universe and others. Words are just sound waves until you decide to follow them through with action to give them meaning. If you fail to follow through then you're just making noise and diminishing your value. Tasha McCray

44
Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten. Unknown

45
But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief. Unknown

46
Don't mix bad words with your bad mood. You'll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you'll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke. Unknown TWEET THIS

47
One kind word can change someone's entire day. Unknown

48
The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words. Unknown TWEET THIS

49
Words are seeds that do more than blow around. They land in our hearts and not the ground. Be careful what you plant and careful what you say. You might have to eat what you planted one day. Unknown

50
Your words have power. Speak words that are kind, loving, positive, uplifting, encouraging, and life-giving. Unknown