Our Words Quotes - Page 8

• Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

  Stephen Covey

  Integrity, Reality, Keeping Promises

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.241, Mango Media Inc.

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• We have a tendency to make assumptions about everything! The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking-we take it personally-then we blame them and react by sending emotional poison in our word. That is why whenever we make assumptions, we're asking for problems. We make assumptions, we misunderstand, we take it personally, and we end up creating a whole big drama for nothing.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Spiritual, Real, Drama

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• The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility... Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.

  Pope Paul VI

  Faith, Prayer, Inspiration

  Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Pope Paul VI (1976*). “On evangelization in the modern world”

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• Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words.

  C. J. Mahaney

  Christian, Inspiration, Important

  C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.57, Multnomah

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• And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive

  Audre Lorde

  Hope, Morning, Fear

  Audre Lorde (1995). “The Black Unicorn: Poems”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company

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• For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line and precept upon precept, gradually and almost imperceptibly, our motives, our thoughts, our words, and our deeds become aligned with the will of God. Conversion unto the Lord requires both persistence and patience.

  David A. Bednar

  Powerful, Persistence, Deeds

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• In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.

  Stephen Covey

  Lying, Effectiveness, Space

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• Managing the power of choice, with all its creative and spiritual implications, is the essence of the human experience. All spiritual teachings are directed toward inspiring us to recognize that the power to make choices is the dynamic that converts our spirits into matter, our words into flesh. Choice is the process of creation itself.

  Caroline Myss

  Spiritual, Teaching, Essence

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.132, Harmony

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• While we may not consider the way we talk to be 'violent,' our words often lead to hurt and pain, whether for others or for ourselves.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Hurt, Pain, Communication

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• Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Animal, Expression, Coincidence

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• We will continue our journey to our destination of peace and education. No one can stop us. We will speak up for our rights and we will bring change to our voice. We believe in the power and the strength of our words. Our words can change the whole world because we are all together, united for the cause of education. And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Believe, Journey, Voice

  Speech at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations, theirworld.org. July 12, 2013.

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• To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son - how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, “Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse God’s mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what he says.

  C. S. Lewis

  Daughter, Mother, Bullying

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• Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Long, Progress, Use

  Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

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• I remember thinking how easy it is to speak in clichés, to steal a line from pulp fiction and let it fall. We can only hover around the inexpressible with our words anyway, and there is comfort in saying what we have heard before.

  Siri Hustvedt

  Fall, Thinking, Comfort

  Siri Hustvedt (2017). “The Blindfold”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for simple yet indispensable things.

  Anne Rice

  Simple, Giving, Optimism

  Anne Rice (1983). “The Queen of the Damned”, Ballantine Books

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• Our words, like our deeds, should be filled with faith and hope and charity, the three great Christian imperatives so desperately needed in the world today. With such words, spoken under the influence of the Spirit, tears can be dried, hearts can be healed, lives can be elevated, hope can return, confidence can prevail. ... May we all rejoice in the thought that when we say edifying, encouraging things unto the least of these, our brethren and sisters and little ones, we say it unto God.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Christian, Inspiration, Heart

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• The Latin words humus, soil/earth, and homo, human being, have a common derivation, from which we also get our word 'humble.' This is the Genesis origin of who we are: dust - dust that the Lord God used to make us a human being. If we cultivate a lively sense of our origin and nurture a sense of continuity with it, who knows, we may also acquire humility.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Latin, Humble, Humility

  Eugene H. Peterson (2008). “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology”, p.98, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Our words set the direction for our lives.

  Joel Osteen

  Our Lives

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, people give their word entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such.

  Peter McWilliams

  People, Giving, Commodity

  "Love 101: To Love Oneself Is the Beginning of a Lifelong Romance".

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• It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Speak, Our Lives

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.57, A&C Black

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• Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Compassion, Our Actions, Influence

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• We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Communication, Learning, Voice

  Inaugural Address, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. January 20, 1969.

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• Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

  Wilkie Collins

  Giants, Injury, Dwarfs

  Wilkie Collins (2015). “Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins”, p.45, e-artnow sro

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• If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.

  H. Burke Peterson

  Example, Deeds, Our Actions

  H. Burke Peterson (1986). “A glimpse of glory”, Bookcraft, Incorporated

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• Worshipping the Lord means giving him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing-not only by our words- that he alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before him that he is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

  Pope Francis

  Believe, Mean, Giving

  Pope Francis (2017). “Embracing the Way of Jesus: Reflections from Pope Francis on Living Our Faith”, p.34, Loyola Press

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