Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

The tongue is more to be feared than the sword.

By words the mind is winged.

Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.

The older you get, the more power you have with language as a writer, which means that you have to be extra responsible for what you say, whether it's in print or in front of a microphone, because those words can go out and kill or go out and plant seeds for peace.

But words are more powerful than anything.

Words have the power to change us.

Words have power. Words created this universe... Everything started with the Word. The Bible says, 'In the beginning was the word.' In the same way, your words have creative power.

Words are loaded pistols.

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

Words are the only things that last forever.

As long as words are in your mouth, you are their lord; once you utter them, you are their slave.

Let me emphatically point out that … sympathy is useless unless it is accompanied by indignation, and indignation is useless if it exhausts itself in words instead of taking shape in deeds.

Just as the sword can kill, so can the tongue.

There is a better thing than the great man who is always speaking, and that is the great man who only speaks when he has a great word to say.

I’m an executive now. I have to be a bigger leader, more responsible leader, more careful about how I say things….

Words should have the power to inform and to move, not the power to send people scurrying away. But if you attach that much emotional energy to a word, it gives people the power to hurt each other.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

As a Shakespeare character, if you can persuade someone in a sentence or a speech, you've got it right.

Words are powerful. The tongue is powerful. And when you write it down, and record it, and press it up, it's 100 million times more powerful. It's important to utilize our tongue to help people.

Words are important. They do matter.

Words have a lot of power.

Words are what created our world. Words are what keep it going.