Quotes about Words

For they wished to fill the winepress of eloquence not with the tendrils of mere words but with the rich grape juice of good sense.

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach'

I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Dalila: In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. Samson: For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!

His words… like so many nimble and airy servitors trip about him at command.

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.

Make the mule of your tongue serve the mercy of your heart.

I love his words, "The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted." But I also love to say it my way: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

It is possible to experience true divine wonders in your conversion but never to be taught a true description of what your experience is. Then someone starts to describe your experience in words you have never heard, and in ways you have never understood, and suddenly the strange words all sound exactly right.