A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace...Peace will be the last word of history.

Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I am possible'

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

One word, Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all the qualities of the canaille

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.