Top 1200 Power Of Words Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

Old words; words that nearly brought me to my knees. Live free or die

I use the [vulgar] words because apparently these words do not corrupt morally. I'm from the street in New York, hung around in a tough neighborhood. It was common to curse, you make your point. It's a very effective language. I try not to overdo it. It's never to shock. I know where it fits, it's never to shock. There's no shock value left in words.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.

Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.

No power was total, no power permanent, no power absolute.

The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.

The act of saying that things exist that cannot be described in words shakes a universe where words are the supreme belief.

With a poem you can say 'I got my feeling into words for myself. I now have the equivalent in words for that much of what I have felt.'

There is no doctrine which I would more willingly remove from Christianity than the doctrine of hell, if it lay in my power. But it has the support of Scripture and, especially, of our Lord's own words; it has always been held by the Christian Church, and it has the support of reason.

There are times when I can't stop speaking, when a million words leave my mouth in a matter of seconds… a million words that mean nothing… but when I want to find some words that mean everything, I just can't speak. Like: I miss you. Like: I love you. Like: My world is falling apart and I need you by my side.

Words like feminism or democracy scare me. They are words with barnacles on them, and you can't see what's underneath.

The central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.

Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged

Words are powerful vibrations, use words to uplift your spirits and heal yourself.

So in everything: power lies with those who control finance, not with those who know the matter upon which the money is to be spent. Thus, the holders of power are, in general, ignorant and malevolent, and the less they exercise their power the better.

He had moved from thought to words, and now from words to actions.

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words. And the big shock to me has been that although the president said the words, he just did not absorb the ideas. And that is the root of, maybe, everything.

I like to play with words and the sounds of words - that's extremely important to me.

Her seductive power, however, did not lie in her looks [...]. In reality, Cleopatra was physically unexceptional and had no political power, yet both Caesar and Antony, brave and clever men, saw none of this. What they saw was a woman who constantly transformed herself before their eyes, a one-woman spectacle.Her dress and makeup changed from day to day, but always gave her a heightened, goddesslike appearance. Her words could be banal enough, but were spoken so sweetly that listeners would find themselves remembering not what she said but how she said it.

There aren't any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic.

Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.

...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?

And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

Words matter. Words can be a fire to the gasoline of disturbed minds.

Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up exactly where he started, simply because words are defined in terms of other words, and these, in turn, are defined in terms of still other words.

Words matter. Especially if you're kicking someone's ass in words with friends.

I think I have to be aware of how much power words can have. And it makes me consider everything that I say before I say it, because you can really help a lot of people, or you can really, really mess things up.

The most profound and important thing a person can do to erase fear and access the power of intention is repeating these five key words: I want to feel good! This is the same thing as saying, I want to be in harmony with the source of well-being.

If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: 'God with us.'

It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.

Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.

The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.

He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words.

Words will be just words till you bring them to life

The words you say never live up to the words in your head.

Men substitute words for reality and then argue about the words.

I wondered if she was trying to convey something to me, something she could not put into words - something prior to words that she could not grasp within herself and which therefore had no hope of ever turning into words.

I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me.

Theatre is highly satisfying in terms of words. You get to speak in monologues; words drive the action.

Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are about twenty percent. It's a different figure, but it's almost an opposite ratio. For the words are only a little bit of embroidery, a little bit of lacework.

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.

Words,words filled the night like the fragrance of invisible flowers.

We wrapped our dreams in words and patterned the words so that they would live forever, unforgettable.

Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

Words are an invitation to life, a request to bring energy into form. Choose your words carefully.