words Quotes (24)

“Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.”

“"No comment" is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.”

“One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.”

“As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.”

“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.”

“Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.”

“I understand a fury in your words, but not the words.”

“Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.”

“Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition.”

“Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.”

“Words and feathers are easily scattered, but not easily gathered up.”

“He who acts as soon as he speaks — that is a person of worth.”

“Good words are a fine weapon.”

“A single word rules the world.”

“Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.”

“He who speaks but does not act is like a garden full of weeds.”

“Speech is a portrait of the mind.”

“A dog is not considered clever because it barks well, nor is a man considered wise because he speaks well.”

“Speech is the mirror of action.”

“Words, like beautiful flowers, have their own colors.”

“A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.”

“However good the advice, do not give it at length.”

“If words do not accord with reason, it is worse than not speaking at all.”

“The tongue has no bones, but it can break bones.”