393 Quotes About Power-of-words

Words hold a terrible power, your Grace. A word can break a heart, or give it a reason to live. A word can grant freedom or life, or begin a war – or end one. I believe words should be used with caution. It is written that the tongue is a dangerous weapon, a restless evil that no man can tame, a flame that sets on fire the world itself. I believe that, Your Grace. I believe in taking great care with words.Pg 202

When the world stands against you break out your spiritual pepper spray - The promises of God!

What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?

Listen to your heart and trust the direction you are being pulled. Something inside you already know what to do.

The words sink and rise along the streets, are breathed in and out by the citizens, are pressed like bombs into the hands of the children, and thrown against the walls of the city. And the walls of the world tremble and shudder. And the walls of the world fall down.

There seems to be a firewall in my mind against ideas expressed in numbers and graphs rather than words, or in abstract words such as Sin or Creativity. I just don’t understand. And incomprehension is boredom.

And not only narrativity but the quality of the writing is of the first importance to me. Rightly or not, I believe a dull, inept style signals poverty or incompleteness of thought. I see the accuracy, scope, and quality of Darwin’s intellect directly expressed in the clarity, strength, and vitality of his writing — the beauty of it.

Names have power... And he kept the one I gave him. My dear, sweet Jackaby. - Eleanor

Oversight versus Insight: Most of us want to oversee the situation without insight of the situation. Knowledge is King.