Words Quotes
James, you ought to discover some day that words have an exact meaning.Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, 1957
Speak what you think to - Day in words as hard as cannon - Balls and to - Morrow speak what to - Morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to - Day.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hope is a thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without words And never stops at all.Emily Dickinson
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.Hazrat Inayat Khan
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.Joan Baez
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.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.Pythagoras
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Witness at all times. If necessary, use words.St. Francis of Assissi
Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.Manly P. Hall
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.Aprocrypha
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.Socrates
It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the instincts. But until this has occurred, words do not count. - From Science and the Modern World.Alfred North Whitehead
Rem tene, verba sequntur Keep to the subject, and the words will followCato the Censor (?)
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the words without the tune, and never stops at all.Emily Dickinson
You cannot slander human nature it is worse than words can paint it.Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.John Harold
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.Ingrid Bergman
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.Homer, The Odyssey
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 3 scene 3
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 3 scene 3
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.Samuel Johnson
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.Chief Joseph
Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.Alfred Tennyson
I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.Edmund Burke
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.Sophocles, Antigone
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.Confucius
Words lead to deeds.... They prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.Unknown
A leader must be constantly aware of the power of his words.... and his silences.Simon MacDonald
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.Abdul Baha, Paris Talks, p. 15
I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice? He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.Albert Einstein
The language of friendship is not words, but meanings. It is an intelligence about language.Henry David Thoreau
Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.Sidney Madwed
Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.Joan Walsh Anglund
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words And this, too, shall pass away.Abraham Lincoln
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.Frederika Breme
People do not want words - They want the sound of battle... the battle of destiny.Gamal Abdel Nasse
