Words are powerful. We must always use them with caution because they have the power to make or break a person’s life. Whatever comes out of our mouth and whatever message we spread to the world, it must be done right with sincerity, love, compassion, and positivity. May these quotes about words inspire you to only speak of the best words to yourself and to other people.
Quotes About Words
1. All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. – Kahlil Gibran
2. As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. – Benjamin Franklin
3. Be careful of the words you say, keep them short and sweet. You never know, from day to day, which ones you’ll have to eat.
4. A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. – Barbara Walters
5. But words are things, and a small drop of ink,Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces.That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. – George Gordon
6. By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life. – Jean Baptiste Girard
7. Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. – Edward Thorndike
8. Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. – Robert E. Lee
9. For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience. – Ingrid Bengis
10. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. – Luke 6:45
11. Good words are worth much, and cost little. – George Herbert
12. However many holy words you read. However many you speak, what good will they do you, if you do not act on upon them? – Buddha
13. I like good strong words that mean something. – Louisa May Alcott
14. If language is as inextricably tied up with consciousness as it seems to be, then the continuing diminishment of our inclination to use it to express in letters the times in which we live could mean that an element of human consciousness itself is on the verge of disappearing.
15. 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
16. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. – Nelson Mandela
17. If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams–the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey
18. In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono
19. It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man’s principal toy and tool, without the meanings and values it sustains, all man’s other tools would be worthless. – Lewis Mumford
20. 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
21. It’s always a bit of a struggle to get the words right, whether we’re a Hemingway or a few fathoms below his level. – Rene J. Cappon
22. 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
23. The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson
24. 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. That and no more, and it is everything. – Joseph Conrad
25. Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter’s sensitivity to light. Much of my writing is verbal painting. – Elizabeth Bowen
26. One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter. – James Earl Jones
27. Our words should be purrs instead of hisses. – Kathrine Palmer Peterson
28. Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. – Kahlil Gibran
29. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. – Dorothy Nevill
30. The six most important words. I admit I made a mistake. The five most important words, you did a good job. The four most important words, what is your opinion? The three most important words, if you please. The two most important words, thank you. The one least important word, I.
31. So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with. – John Locke
32. The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any price will be paid. – Siddha Nagarjuna
33. To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make. – Truman Capote
34. Words are the model, words are the tools, words are the boards, words are the nails. – Richard Rhodes
35. Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
36. When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language. – James Earl Jones
37. A word is dead, when it is said. Some say, I say it just begins to live that day. – Emily Dickinson
38. Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. – Learned Hand
39. Words are not as satisfactory as we should like them to be, but, like our neighbors, we have got to live with them and must make the best and not the worst of them. – Samuel Butler
40. Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad. – Manly Hall
41. Words are the most powerful thing in the universe. Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind. – Charles Capps
42. Words do two major things. They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness. – Jim Rohn
43. Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. – Alfred
44. Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
45. Words so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
46. A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
47. 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
48. Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.
49. Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you. – KushandWizdom
50. Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
51. 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.
52. The secret of being boring is to say everything. – Voltaire
53. One kind word can change someone’s entire day.
54. Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. – Pearl Strachan Hurd
55. 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
56. 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
57. Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. – Mother Teresa
58. The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.
59. Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there. – Joel Osteen
60. All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down. – Friedrich Nietzsche
61. 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.
62. Don’t ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs. – Hamza Yusuf
63. 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.
64. Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. – Edgar Allan Poe
65. A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. – Jessamyn West
66. Good words are worth much, and cost little. – George Herbert
67. Your words have power. Speak words that are kind, loving, positive, uplifting, encouraging, and life-giving.
68. 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
69. No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world. – John Keating
70. 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
71. Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed. – Abraham Joshua Herschel
72. 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
73. Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well. – Robin Sharma
74. Don’t mix your words with your mood, you can change your mood but you can’t take back your words.
75. Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry. – Joyce Meyer
76. You can change the course of your life with your words.
77. Speak to yourself like someone you love. Encourage yourself, motivate yourself, and uplift yourself with your words.
78. Raise your word, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
79. Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs. – Pearl Strachan Hurd
80. Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don’t mean much to you may stick with someone for a lifetime. – Rachael Wolchin
81. I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it until it begins to shine. – Emily Dickinson
82. Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives. – Tony Robbins
83. One kind word can change someone’s entire day.
84. Your words have power, use them wisely.
85. The meaning behind the words, the feeling is more significant than the words themselves, so listen.
86. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. – George Orwell
87. Your word is the power that you have to create, it is a gift. – Don Miguel Ruiz
88. Think of the power of words. – Swami Vivekananda
89. The tongue has no bones but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.
90. Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. – Blaise Pascal
91. There is a form of communication that transcends the power of words. – Joesph B. Wirthlin
92. There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic. – Diane Setterfield
93. Your words become your world. – Nadeem Kazi
94. Words are not in the power of men, men are in the power of words. – Herman Bahr
95. The mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
96. She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells. – Dean Koontz
97. Never underestimate the power of words to heal and reconcile relationships. – H. Jackson Brown
98. If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe. – H. Scott Momaday
99. Beautifully crafted words have the power to captivate the mind of anybody. – Sam Veda
100. He also knows the power of words. – Paulo Coelho
101. Words are powerful, they have the ability to create a moment and the strength to destroy it.
102. Langauge creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy. – Deepak Chopra
103. Words can make you or break you.
104. Words have a magical power. They can either bring the greatest happiness or the deepest despair. – Sigmund Freud
105. Words create worlds. – Pierre du Plessis
106. Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
107. I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more. – Antony Sher
108. I am, two of the most powerful words. For what you put after them shapes your reality. – Joel Osteen
109. There is power in words. What you say is what you get. – Zig Ziglar
110. Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.
111. Words have the power to make things happen. – Frederick Buechner
112. A few nice words can help a person a lot more than you think.
113. Imprint your mind with words of abundance.
114. Words have power, words are power, words could be your power also. – Mohammed Qahtani
115. Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. – Buddha
116. Let your words elevate your life to the heights of greatness. – ATGW
117. 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. – Betty Eadie
118. Words embody power to inspire or motivate us, but it is only we who have the power to open up to see and feel it. – Anuj Somany
119. Our words have creative power. With our words, we can speak blessings over our future. – Joel Osteen
120. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. – John F. Kennedy
121. 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
122. 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
123. Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been. – John Greenleaf Whittier
124. Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. – Rudyard Kipling
125. Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. – Aldous Huxley
126. We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. – Winston Churchill
127. A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life. – Winston Churchill
128. But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. – George Orwell
129. If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. – Chinese Proverb
130. All our words from loose using have lost their edge. – Ernest Hemingway
131. You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. – Dale Carnegie
132. As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. – Benjamin Franklin
133. Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. – Edward Thorndike
134. Oaths are but words, and words but wind. – Samuel Butler
135. Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. – Mark Twain
136. Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them. – Laura Esquivel
137. A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. – Robert Burton
138. A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words… the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt. – Mark Twain
139. A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. – Henrik Ibsen
140. One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. – Voltaire
141. Words so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
142. So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with. – John Locke
143. One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter. – James Earl Jones
144. The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. – Mark Twain
145. Words are pegs to hang ideas on. – Henry Ward Beecher
146. Our words have wings, but fly not where we would. – George Eliot
147. Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
148. For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. – Audrey Hepburn
149. We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far. – Swami Vivekananda
150. No mother wants to hear her son say he’s gay. Those two words rip the picture of a daughter-in-law and grandchildren into pieces. I felt sorry for my mom and wanted her to know everything was going to be all right. But then she said, ‘I don’t really care, Johnny, as long as I know that you are going to be happy.’ – Johnny Weir
151. Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come. – Henri Nouwen
152. Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story. – Charles R. Swindoll
153. Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought. – E. Y. Harburg
154. Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. – Saint Teresa of Avila
155. Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. – Mahatma Gandhi
156. Whatever you are inside, the good and bad will manifest in the outside world. It will come out in some way. It will come out in your work. It will come out in words. It will come out. – Hrithik Roshan
157. There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry. – Matt Lauer
158. I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can see that there is something to hold back the shadows. – Roger Zelazny
159. If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality. – Dr. Roopleen
