Words Matter Quotes

• Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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• And, yes, words matter. They may reflect reality, but they also have the power to change reality - the power to uplift and to abase.

  William Raspberry

  Uplifting, Reality, May

  "Radioactivity Experiment and the Human Aftermath Wins a Pulitzer", www.nytimes.com. April 13, 1994.

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• Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us.

  John Birmingham

  Wisdom, Art, Matter

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

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Change, Philosophy

  "Robin Williams: Genie in the Lamp" by Alex Kip, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2014.

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• Words matter when you run for president. And they really matter when you are president.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, President, Matter

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• If what you mean by the word "matter" be only the unknown support of unknown qualities, it is no matter whether there is such a thing or no, since it no way concerns us; and I do not see the advantage there is in disputing about what we know not what, and we know not why.

  George Berkeley

  Mean, Support, Quality

  George Berkeley (2009). “Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues”, p.58, Oxford University Press

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• When the world careens out of control, we can rest in the fact that God spun this world with a simple word. Matter from emptiness. Beauty from void. Community from chaos.

  Mary E. DeMuth

  Simple, Community, World

  Mary E DeMuth (2012). “Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus”, p.5, Thomas Nelson

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• In a world full of audio visual marvels, may words matter to you and be full of magic.

  Peter Godfrey-Smith

  Magic, World, May

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• Words matter. Especially ones with four letters.

  Bob Saget

  Four, Letters, Matter

  Twitter post from Jan 18, 2013

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• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.

  Rihanna

  Bullying, Dry Bones, Useless Life

  Song: S&M, Album: Loud

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• Teach your children to listen carefully and to speak thoughtfully. The best way to teach this is to listen carefully and speak thoughtfully to your children, from the time they are babies. Take their questions and ideas seriously... learning to speak and listen as if our words matter is fundamental to education. Dialogue is not the same as mindless chatter. Above all, listen, listen, and listen to your kids.

  Grace Llewellyn

  Baby, Children, Kids

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• Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less.

  Pope John XXIII

  Prayer, Mind, Matter

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• 'Fire' does not matter, 'earth' and 'air' and 'water' do not matter. 'I' do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. The more words he remembers, the cleverer do his fellows esteem him. He looks upon the great transformations of the world, but he does not see them as they were seen when man looked upon reality for the first time. Their names come to his lips and he smiles as he tastes them, thinking he knows them in the naming.

  Roger Zelazny

  Reality, Men, Thinking

  "Lord of Light". Book by Roger Zelazny, 1967.

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• Words matter, words have import.

  Douglas Kennedy

  Matter, Imports

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• No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

  Roger Zelazny

  Buddhist, Reality, Men

  "Lord of Light". Book by Roger Zelazny, 1967.

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• Words matter. Especially if you're kicking someone's ass in words with friends.

  Bob Saget

  Kicking, Matter, Ass

  Twitter post from Jan 06, 2013

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• Some huge work goes on growing. How could one person´s words matter?
  Where you walk heads pop from the ground. What is one seed head compared to you?
  On my death day I´ll know the answer. I have cleared this house,
  so that your work can, when it comes, fill every room.
  I slide like an empty boat pulled over the water.

  Rumi

  Water, House, Matter

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