Quotes on Words

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.

I'm a 'frotteur,' someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible. Does that word in this sentence have any electric potential? Does it do anything? Too much electricity will make your reader's hair frizzy. There's a question of pacing.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

Novelists are in the business of constructing consciousness out of words, and that's what we all do, cradle to grave. The self is a story we tell.

I think the words you stop yourself from saying are the ones that will haunt you the longest.

The Spirit of God leads the people of God to submit to the Word of God.

My entire theology can be condensed into four words, 'JESUS DIED FOR ME'.

A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is.

If we can manage to refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good, and this can be a source of great joy and inner confidence. We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

The word ‘no’ is a great time-saver. Say no to anything that is not the highest and best use of your time.

Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people.

Vocabulary enables us to interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.

I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget.

A deserted library in the morning - there's something about it that really gets to me. All possible words and ideas are there, resting peacefully.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.