Top 1200 Power Of Words Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .

Words are not simple things: they take unto themselves, as they have through time, power and meaning.

Many of those on the right distrust the Fed and want to eliminate its power in the belief that the private economy, including the private banks, will be much more efficient, productive and even democratic if they are left to themselves: in other words, the criticism of the Fed really reflects a desire to cripple the government in the service of increasing the power and authority of the market.

You can give words, but you can't take them. And when words are given, that is when they are shared. We remember what that was like. Words so real they were almost tangible. There are conversations you remember, for certain. But more than that, there is the sensation of conversation. You will remember that, even when the precise words begin to blur.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

Words have power, and especially in the realm of beauty, how we speak about ourselves is important.

All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.

It used to be a common saying of Myson's that men ought not to seek for things in words, but for words in things; for that things are not made on account of words but that words are put together for the sake of things.

What power has love but forgiveness? In other words by its intervention what has been done can be undone. What good is it otherwise?

While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.

There are many reasons our prayers may lack power. Sometimes they become routine. Our prayers become hollow when we say similar words in similar ways over and over so often that the words become more of a recitation than a communication.

Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.

What is the cause of historical events? Power. What is power? Power is the sum total of wills transferred to one person. On what condition are the willso fo the masses transferred to one person? On condition that the person express the will of the whole people. That is, power is power. That is, power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand.

Existence is beyond the power of words to define: Terms may be used But are none of them absolute.

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words.

If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.

There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense—words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions—words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.” Will grabbed the sheaf of newspaper clippings he kept in a stack on his desk. “This, and these”—he gestured to the library’s teeming shelves—“they’re a testament to the country’s rich supernatural history.

The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are meant to sing and to make words sing. Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? 'Your very own words,' indeed! And who are you?

Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.

True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to make a definite change in oneself, and that change is a kind of struggle with one's false self.

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on a dim and perilous way!

Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the power to treat entire groups of people as something less than human—for the benefit of that power. That’s why a Native American sports mascot is far from harmless.

Words have a magical power. They can either bring the greatest happiness or the deepest despair.

Words aren't hurting anybody. Words are not causing any damage, not expressly and not directly. But we're so focused on the words.

We have power... Our power isn’t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system; these are authoritarian systems... they have power... but it’s not reality. The power of our intelligence, individually or collectively IS the power; this is the power that any industrial ruling class truly fears: clear coherent human beings.

Words are the only jewels I possess Words are the only clothes I wear Words are only the food that sustain my life Words are the only wealth I distribute among people.

What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms? Words, words.... Be not the slave of Words.

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.

I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.

My words must be powerful to make people so afraid of them. It's rather nice to feel I have power.

I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture.

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases.

There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'

There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and to know that the words have been heard.

I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.

The meanings of words and the uses of words come from practice from the way people in a given culture use those words.

The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26.911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

It was as if he had come to mistrust words somehow. Words, and the sentiments words carried.

Clean energy is hippy power. But its also cowboy power, it's rancher power, it's Appalachian power.

If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.

Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.

Let no one ever shy away from the claim that Jews have power, that Jews have influence. We have learned the terrible lesson of history; that unless we have influence and power, disproportionate to our small numbers - immoral results will occur. We need power. And we must continue to use our power. Power which we earned, power which no one gave us on a silver platter, power which we worked hard for - use that power in the interests of justice.

At any filmmaking class, you learn the power of the visual medium and are always trying to minimise the words.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

By right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power of either doing a thing or omitting it, without the person's becoming liable to animadversion or censure from another, that is, in other words, without his incurring any degree of turpitude or guilt. Now in this sense I affirm that man has no rights, no discretionary power whatever.

All the raves were just words. You don't want to let words confuse you. Words come cheap.

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.

Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding.These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be found. ... Words such as dimension and field and infinity ... are not descriptions of reality, yet we accept them as such because everyone is sure someone else knows what the words mean.

The word 'comfort' comes from the Latin words for 'with' and 'strength' and originally meant operating from a position of power.

Don't forget, God uses words to create the world. Words! Words are only hope.

Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.

Our work has only begun. In our time we have an historic opportunity to shape a global balance of power that favors freedom and that will therefore deepen and extend the peace. And I use the word power broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

Your true meaning cannot be grasped or captured by words. You can never be equated with any words, because you are prior to words.

Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature