3,439 Quotes About Words

To creative people, the compendium of the white man's dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say.

You're like a dictionary. You know the word is in there, but you need to know how to spell what you want first

Wake up to think of words… want to walk through pages of meanings, the links in assonance, alliteration, or just simple sense that moves the eye to leap that way to the next-door play of sound and resonance.

But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.)

Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.

If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who came not to be served by others but to serve them in joy, in peace, and in generosity. For these things, these are not mere words, but acts, which go all the way, right up to their last breath. Even their death is a gift, and resurrection is born from this kind of death. (157)

Thoughts do more. Words to much. Actions do much more.