Words Quotes

To the Nahuas, words were flowers, metaphors that gave birth to thoughts and actions.

Jose Antonio Burciaga

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

Confucius, The Confucian Analects

Prima la musica, poi le parole first the music, then the words.

Antonio Salieri, title of an opera

I understand a fury in your words, But not the words.

William Shakespeare, "Othello", Act 4 scene 2

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, It might have been!

John Greenleaf Whittie

Beyond talent lie all the usual words discipline, love, luck - - But, most of all, endurance.

James Arthur Baldwin

People do not want words - They want the sound of battle... the battle of destiny.

Gamal Abdel Nasse

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

Robert Frost

Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi

One ought every day at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Unknown