Quotes about Words

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The Lord will always give us words to say, and show us when to say them if we ask Him. Timing is everything.

World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It's being fulfilled every day round about us.

Guard your tongue, and use it for good instead of evil. How many marriages or friendships have been destroyed because of criticism that spiraled out of control? How many relationships have broken down because of a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can't be taken back; no apology can fully repair its damage.

Though [Jesus'] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.

Today there are more people who know the words to a television commercial than know the words in the Bible.

The Bible is the textbook of revelation. In God's great classroom there are three textbooks—one called nature, one called conscience, and one named Scripture. In the written textbook of revelation—the Bible—God speaks through words.

The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness— preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

Wondrous depth of Thy words! whose surface, behold! is before us, inviting to little ones; yet are they a wondrous depth. O my God, a wondrous depth! It is awful to look therein; an awfulness of honour, and a trembling of love.