What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.
Mark Twain

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.
Mark Twain

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

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
William Shakespeare

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William Shakespeare

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
William Shakespeare

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin

Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
William Shakespeare

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.
William Shakespeare

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
John F. Kennedy

It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
Thomas Jefferson

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
John F. Kennedy

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma Gandhi

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates