Quotes about words-have-power

Wordsare powerfulforces of nature.they are destruction.they are nourishment. they are flesh. they are water.they are flowers and bone.they burn. they cleansethey erase. they etch. they can eitherleave youfeelinghomelessor brimmingwith home.

Poetry Saved Me

The fewer the words, the better you’re heard!

Words can hurt, but words can also inspire.

Words,' he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life.

When the weakness of human soul conflict with writer's word , It will create self History.

If the voice was meant to be silent we wouldn't have ears for listening.

Every living word that gives life was once without form.

Sometimes paper is only paper," my mothers says. "Words are just words. Ways to capture the real thing. Don't be afraid to remember that."I know what she means. Writing, painting, singing--it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there betw

What’s more amazing is how we habitually take the power ofour voice for granted. When we bring our awareness to our voiceand learn to express it in new ways—with impeccability—werediscover our true message. Your voice is the key to unlockingthe power and magnificence of your message. This work isn’tabout singing on key, finding the right words, leaving out ‘ums’and ‘uhs’ and articulating clearly. This is about allowing andaccepting your Magical Self. Let’s talk about how words createyou.

Words are potential weapons so use them wisely.

If a gesture is the most powerful command that you have, then words mean very little.

Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.

When you realize the awesome power of words, you can change lives.

The way he said her name made my heart cramp. In all my years of word collecting, I've learned this to be a tried and true fact: I can very often tell how much a person loves another person by the way they say their name. I think that's one of the best feelings in the world, when you know your name is safe in another person's mouth. When you know they'll never shout it out like a cuss word, but say it or whisper it like a once-upon-a-time.

...speak to me as to thy thinkingAs thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughtsThe worst of words...

Words have magic. Spells and curses. Some of them, the best of them, once said change everything.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me', said some idiot who,1. Didn't realize HOW much words hurt2. Wasn't so smart

You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door

When I try to achieve greatness, it spits on me the night before.

Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.

Books are readable drugs.

My Words Are For The Ones Who Get It, Rest Forget It !

Many confuse things with their names. This is a mistake. A name is only a word and a word will never be the thing itself. And, yet, names – as words – have power, not inherently, but because we give it to them.

Mark My Words, My Words In Other Words Are Not Just Words.

A writer's tragedy: to know all the words and nothing else.

Imagine how many suicide victims would still be with us, if only the right person said the right thing at the right time.

Your story matters. The thoughts you think matter. The words you use matter. It can be the difference between getting everything you truly need and want, and not achieving or experiencing those things at all.

A word of encouragement goes a long way.

We repeat the shout of the Universe. You and I blend together. You are one word and I am another.

But language is malleable, and it is not always on the side of truth. This is something every writer knows. Words make and unmake the world with terrifying rapidity, and they do so without moral distinction…There is a battle going on right now over the words we use, over who has the right to speak and who does not. (Katie Kitamura)

I've always told people that for each person there is a sentence--a series of words--which has the power to destroy him. When Fat told me about Leon Stone I realized (this came years after the first realization) that another sentence exists, another series of words, which will heal the person. If you're lucky you will get the second; but you can be certain of getting the first: that is the way it works.

A knife may scar a body, but a careless word will wound a soul.

Words can be as deadly as bullets. But bullets are faster acting. ~ Brandon Hull

When a word of God is spoken it will always be personal and yet we will find it touching the lives of others in some most amazing ways

O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own story is a life worthy to be read

Sure, stories can be like a fire on a cold night. But they can burn too. There ain't nothin' can cut deeper or sting with more poison than words can.

They go to Paris to learn how to make bombs and they come back having learned only how to write poetry, which they think is more explosive.

Words create. Know what you want to create before you speak