Quotes
Quotes about Word
The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
To remain caught up in ideas and words about Zen is, as the old masters say, to "stink of Zen." -Alan Watts
Among my most prized possessions are the words that I have never spoken.
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there are words not made with lungs.
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there are words not made with lungs.
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there are words not made with lungs.
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging; it is the skin of living thought and changes from day to day as does the air around us.
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." -Andre Maurois
The value of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of four simple words: "I do not know." -Andre Maurois
It has been said that a bride's attitude towards her betrothed can be summed up in three words: Aisle, Altar, Hymn.
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
""Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.
Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard and misapplied words, with little or no meaning, have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance, and hindrance of true knowledge.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Words are like leaves; and where they most abound
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts.
In words as fashions the same rule will hold,
