Quotes about Words
"Love cleanses, beloved. It doesn't beat you down. It doesn't cast blame." He kissed her again, wishing he had the right words to say what he felt. Words would never be enough to show her what he meant. "My love isn't a weapon. It's a lifeline. Reach out and take hold, and don't let go.
— Francine Rivers
It wasn't what she put in her mouth that would defile her, but what proceeded from her mouth, be the words unkind, slanderous, gossipful, boastful or blasphemous.
— Francine Rivers
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
— Frank Herbert
Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of a knife?
— Frank Herbert
You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on what can be done.
— Frank Herbert
a man must permit his deeds and his words to agree. When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those con sequences and not by your explanations.
— Frank Herbert
Rejection steals the best of who I am by reinforcing the worst of what's been said to me.
— Lysa TerKeurst
The prayer of words cannot be eliminated. And I must pray them daily, whether I feel like praying or not. Otherwise, when God as something to say to me, I will not know how to listen. Until I have worked through self, I will not be enabled to get out of the way.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Celebration is capturing and acknowledging the important moments in life through your words, actions and reactions.
— Mensah Oteh
Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
— John Milton
The entrance His words find with me, will be the measure of the power of any words with Him.
— Andrew Murray
May God teach us that our thoughts and words and feelings concerning our fellowmen are His test of our humility towards Him, and that our humility before Him is the only power that can enable us to be always humble with our fellow-men.
— Andrew Murray