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title: "12 Language Powerful Quotes by 11 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Language Powerful quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Language Powerful sayings and thoughts."
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> [Body language is more powerful than words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/body-language-is-more-powerful-than-words/)

[Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/ricky-gervais-851_body_body-language-is-more-powerful-than-word_1948497.png)

> [Language is powerful. Words matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/language-is-powerful-words-matter/)

[Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/eric-metaxas-1651_language_language-is-powerful-words-matter-113689_1136898.png)

> [That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn't a hiding place. It is a finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/that-is-what-literature-offers-a-language-powerful-enough-to-say-how/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/jeanette-winterson-166_books_that-is-what-literature-offers-a-languag_900443.png)

> [Language is the most powerful,convenient and permanent means and form of communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rmkatta/language-is-the-most-powerful-convenient-and-permanent-means-and-form/)

[RMKATTA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rmkatta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/rmkatta-20281_communication_language-is-the-most-powerful-convenient_3201208.jpg)

> [Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-tutu/language-is-very-powerful-language-does-not-just-describe-reality/)

[Desmond Tutu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-tutu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/desmond-tutu-442_doe_language-is-very-powerful-language-does_2540773.jpg)

> [If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-think-of-music-as-a-universal-language-it-still-has-some-very/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/jerry-garcia-2346_dialect_if-you-think-of-music-as-a-universal-lan_172493.jpg)

> [“Language is powerful. What we say can shape how we think—and it certainly shapes how others think about us. In this regard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-hunter/language-is-powerful-what-we-say-can-shape-how-we-think-and-it/)

[Richard Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-hunter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/richard-hunter-87961_business_language-is-powerful-what-we-say-can-sha_1906231.jpg)

> [I think it was something I inherited from my mother, who learned to do it. You know, I, like a baby duckling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-noah/i-think-it-was-something-i-inherited-from-my-mother-who-learned-to-do/)

[Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-noah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/trevor-noah-1603_baby_i-think-it-was-something-i-inherited-fro_647092.jpg)

> [The language is always powerful in Shakespeare, but with 'Antony and Cleopatra,' the speeches are so big and muscular and rich -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-walter/the-language-is-always-powerful-in-shakespeare-but-with-antony-and/)

[Harriet Walter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-walter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fc/harriet-walter-16626_big_the-language-is-always-powerful-in-shake_571614.jpg)

> [“A tough life needs a tough language—and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers—a language powerful enough to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/a-tough-life-needs-a-tough-language-and-that-is-what-poetry-is-that/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/jeanette-winterson-166_books_a-tough-life-needs-a-tough-language-and_442744.jpg)

> [“Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/words-are-the-wellspring-of-the-world-and-language-is-the-most/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/dean-koontz-118_language_words-are-the-wellspring-of-the-world-an_2228337.jpg)

> [ Language is such a powerful thing. After the earthquake, I went to Haiti and people were talking about how \[they\] described this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/language-is-such-a-powerful-thing-after-the-earthquake-i-went-to/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

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