“Life and death are in the power of the tongue.”
― Proverbs 18:21
“If you do not have control over your mouth, you will not have control over your future.”
― Germany Kent, American journalist
"Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble."
― Yehuda Berg, Israel, author
“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.”
―Pearl Strachan Hurd, American poet
“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it until it begins to shine.”
―Emily Dickinson, American poet
“Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions. And from our actions flow the results of our lives.”
―Tony Robbins, American author, entrepreneur, life coach
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
―George Orwell, English novelist
“She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.”
―Dean Koontz, American author
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
―Mother Teresa, saint
"All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down."
―Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
"Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world."
―Lawrence G. Lovasik, missionary
"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world."
―John Keating, fictional character played by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society
"Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed."
―Abraham Joshua Herschel, American-Polish rabbi
“Good words are like a string of pearls.”
―Chinese proverb
“Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.”
―Robin Sharma, writer
“Langauge creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.”
―Deepak Chopra, American-Indian author
“The words you speak become the house you live in."
―Hafiz, Persian poet
“Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool."
―Spanish proverb
