My Words Quotes

Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

Think to Thank. In these three words are the finest capsule course for a happy marriage, formula for enduring friendship, and a pattern for personal happiness.

Everyone has got some preconceptions, but you have to readjust them in front of reality. Reality has the last word.

Our words must count. Hunger will not wait for promises we made.

I discovered that in life, one has got to serve to be observed, if one serve not, one will probably be reserved. Don't wisdom teach this?

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.

Translation is the art of failure.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

Old words are reborn with new faces.

Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.

All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.

Everything that goes into my mouth seems to make me fat, everything that comes out of my mouth embarrasses me.

You have to fall in love with hanging around words.

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

The language of the heart is mankind's main common language.

Words are loneliness.

Let deeds match words.

Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.

There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.

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

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.

I suppose what one wants really is ideal company and books are ideal company.

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.

I think I'll sleep now.

A woman of mystery is one who also has a certain maturity and whose actions speak louder than words. Any woman can be one, if she keeps those two points in mind. She should grow up-and shut up.

Writers used to make such wonderful pictures without all that swearing, all that cursing. And now it seems that you can't say three words without cursing. And I don't think that's right.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.

Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'

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

Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing reciprocity with the world.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Some of the most cutthroat auditions youll have as an actor are when youll have three words to say.

I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Children be comforted, I am well.

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

God is enough! All religion is enfolded for me now in these three words.

Good-bye... why am I hemorrhaging ?

And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

Kindness is better and can be more powerful than force. Kind words may unlock an iron door.

The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.