Best Our Words Quotes
178 Our Words quotes by 145 unique authors
-
For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line…
— David A. Bednar
-
Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming…
— Henri Nouwen
-
Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom…
— Rachel Naomi Remen
-
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us…
— Stephen Covey
-
Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings are directed toward…
— Caroline Myss
-
While we may not consider the way we talk to be 'violent,' our words often lead to hurt and pain, whether for others or for…
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
-
The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis…
— Eugene H. Peterson
-
Our words set the direction for our lives.
— Joel Osteen
-
Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity…
— Peter McWilliams
-
For what St. Augustine said is true, that one can sing nothing worthy of God save what one has received from Him. Wherefore though we…
— William Romaine
-
There is a direct line that runs from our doctrine to our actions, from what is in our minds to what is in our words…
— Tom Wells
-
We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and…
— Paul David Tripp
-
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
— Malcolm De Chazal
-
If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.
— H. Burke Peterson
-
Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.
— Radhanath Swami
-
Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing reciprocity with the…
— David Abram
-
As a vital link in the conversion process, we should bear our testimonies that the gospel is true; our testimonies may well be the spark…
— Spencer W. Kimball
-
Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.
— Abraham Lincoln
-
Worship is simply about value. The simplest definition I can give is this: Worship is our response to what we value most. That’s why worship…
— Louie Giglio
-
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us…
— Seneca the Younger
-
Indeed our words will remain lifeless, barren, devoid of any passion, until we die as a result of these words, whereupon our words will suddenly…
— Sayyid Qutb
-
Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and…
— Thomas Head Raddall
-
Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but so to express it as to enable us to defy…
— William Cobbett
-
Let's discipline ourselves so that our words are few and full.
— Richard J. Foster
-
Our word choices give a sentence its luster, and they deserve intense attention.
— Constance Hale
More Ways to Read Our Words Quotes
Who Wrote These Our Words Quotes
145 authors contributed a total of 178 Our Words Quotes, led by these top contributors: