Our Words Quotes

178 quotes by 154 authors

What is that we human beings ultimately depend on? We depend on our words. We are suspended in language. Our task is to communicate experience… — Niels Bohr
Prayer is a serious thing. We may be taken at our words. — Dwight L. Moody
Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls. — Saint John Chrysostom
Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black headlines. But we… — Wilferd Peterson
Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity, the three great Christian imperatives so desperately needed in the world… — Jeffrey R. Holland
We should be as careful of our words as of our actions. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We automatically give to each person we meet, but we choose what we give. Our words, our actions, must consciously set the stage for the… — Marlo Morgan
We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a… — Ernest L. Boyer
Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. — Stephen Covey
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are… — Eknath Easwaran
We have a tendency to make assumptions about everything! The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are truth. We could swear they… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Whenever there is a conflict between precept and example, the latter wins because deeds speak louder than our words. — Sergey Kirov
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor,… — Pope Paul VI
We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to… — William J. Clinton
Larry is like a son to me and we enjoy a most wonderful relationship, one with meaning, dignity, pride, understanding and purpose. But more importantly,… — Don King
The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. — Henry David Thoreau
It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago.… — Mahatma Gandhi
Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words. — C. J. Mahaney
Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words. Did you know that, on average, each of us speaks about twenty-five thousand words… — C. J. Mahaney
My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort of public capacity-many… — Charles Spurgeon

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