Quotes About Words

When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.

To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully.

Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets.

Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea They thought great thoughts about liberty Poets wrote down words that did fit Writers wrote books Thinkers thought about it.

You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of men's affections, more than all their swords!

I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.

Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.

One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying.

Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.

The word of man is the most durable of all material.

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

The man who is always talking about being a gentleman, never is one.

Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!

Religious men are and must be heretics now- for we must not pray, except in a "form" of words, made beforehand- or think of God but with a prearranged idea.

Deeds not Words: I say so too! And yet I find it somehow true, A word may help a man in need, To nobler act and braver deed.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The syntactical nature of reality, the real secret of magic, is that the world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish.

Why is abbreviation such a long word?

And there was no way to unsay words you'd blurted out, no matter how sorry you were.

Somehow, I feel almost blinded myself. And I am forever left to wonder Whether telling you how truly special You were Might have made a difference.