Words Are Powerful Quotes

“Words are wind, but wind can fan a fire. My father and my uncle fought words with steel and flame. We shall fight words with words, and put out the fires before they start.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

“Don't live by your thoughts only; live by your words also. Whatever plans you think about, affirm it in your mouth first, declare it and you will succeed in working it out! Words can be powerful!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“Saying a man had sex with a child is like saying a man had dinner with the pork chop.”
― Linda McCarriston

“Spoken words have power beyond measure.”
― Debasish Mridha

“every word and its sound shall generate the same form in the mind of both the reader and its author”
― R.K. Shailey, Bahá'u'lláh And The Mission of "God Manifestation"

“We must stay conscious of our words. We’ve all heard that little phrase when we were kids. “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Well, I call BULLSHIT! As cute as that is and as much as I wish it were true, it’s not. Words are powerful, they can hurt or they can heal.”
― Rachel D. Greenwell, How To Wear A Crown: A Practical Guide To Knowing Your Worth

“Sometimes a kind word is everything.”
― Laura Bullock

“Don’t speak badly about yourself even if it’s a joke. Words are POWERFUL.”
― Rachel D. Greenwell, How To Wear A Crown: A Practical Guide To Knowing Your Worth

“Who speaks well ... fights well,' goes the song;
she'd wage war with her voice instead.
'To fight well, speak well,' Alfred said.”
― Simon Armitage, The Owl and the Nightingale

“If readers and writers are conscious of language, they will cease to be susceptible to corrupt political argument. Totalitarianism will lose its strength in the face of crisp, clear prose. It is a heavy burden to place on the shoulders of the English language. That Orwell was willing to assign language such power underscored his belief in the centrality of speech to politics, and the importance not only of securing free speech, but of ensuring that words that are spoken freely are also spoken honestly.”
― Laura Beers, Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-first Century, Library Edition