Source Unknown Words Quotations

Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.

When I look at you, the wheels of time stand still vs. Your face could stop a clock

One thing you can give and still keep is your word.

When thoughts fails of words, they find imagination waiting at their elbow to teach a new language without words.

Please God, make my words today sweet and tender, for tomorrow I may have to eat them.

Our country is the only one in the world with a national anthem that the last two words are Play Ball!

The 500 most commonly used words have an average of 28 meanings each.

Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.

Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

Watch your thoughts, they become your words Watch your words, they become your actions Watch your actions, they become your habits Watch your habits, they become your character Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

The written word can be erased -- not so with the spoken word.

Why do social workers use five-syllable words when dealing with juvenile delinquents?