Quotes about Words

In all your deeds and words you should look upon this Jesus as your model. Do so whether you area walking or keeping silence, or speaking, whether you are alone or with others. He is perfect, and thus you will be not only irreprehensible, but praiseworthy.

Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said.

Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet compliance, which declare unfeigned union of mind, or in us both one soul.

I have a confession. Oh? I can't get you off my mind. His statement robbed her of words. Heat spread down the nape of her neck. He was saying too much. ~Thomas to Chelise

The Beatles insisted he let it be, let it be. Stephen ejected the tape from his eight-track and threw it on the floor of the passenger seat. Whispered words of wisdom, please. They had no idea.

The world around him began to dim. Sylous's final words sounded far away as Jamie's consciousness faded. "I need you. I need all of you.

You tell others about Me - that I am a loving God. Your words are glib. My words are written in the blood of My only Son.

There is no escaping the gospel logic that all our thoughts, words, and deeds addressed to others are in a real way addressed to Christ himself.

Words without poetry lack passion; words without passion lack persuasion; words without persuasion lack power.

Just as words lose their power when they are not born out of silence, so openness loses its meaning when there is no ability to be closed.

We are called to witness, always with our lives and sometimes with our words, to the great things God has done for us.

The more we try to justify ourselves, the more we collide with our inability to do so. The more burdens we take on, the more we burden others with our unmet needs. Is it any wonder that our words do not help and our presence does not heal?