Quotes on Words

Words are like arrows. They have the ability to hit the target, if you shoot well. But like arrows, sometimes words sting. And words once used, cannot be taken back. So choose your words wisely. To emphasize the importance of words, I am presenting a collection of quotes on words. These quotes on words express the need to articulate well.

• Buddha
  Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
  
  
• Buddha
  Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
  
  
• Maya Angelou
  Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
  
  
• Winston Churchill
  The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin
  Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
  
  
• Lao Tzu
  The words of truth are always paradoxical.
  
  
• Jonathan Swift
  Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of style.
  
  
• Epictetus
  All philosophy lies in two words, "sustain" and "abstain".
  
  
• William Henry
  Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence.
  
  
• George Eliot
  The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
  
  
• Josh Billings
  Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
  
  
• W. Gladden
  Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.
  
  
• Edward Thorndike
  Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.
  
  
• Voltaire
  One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
  
  
• Confucius
  Words are the voice of the heart.