35+ Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective

Have you ever wondered about the immense power words hold? Words have a unique ability to shape thoughts, influence emotions, and ignite actions. They possess transformative effects that can alter perspectives. Words have the remarkable ability to challenge preconceptions, break down barriers, and enhance deeper connections among people.

We have rounded up some of the best quotes on “The Power of Words” that define the strength of words. Scroll down, happy reading!

Quotes to Transform Your Outlook

Words hold a magical power – they can inspire, comfort, and transform. Kind words can brighten someone’s day, while harsh ones can leave lasting scars.

Words hold a magical power – they can inspire, comfort, and transform. Kind words can brighten someone’s day, while harsh ones can leave lasting scars.

1. “Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs.” – Pearl Strachan Hurd
2. “A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.” –Jessamyn West
3. “Words do two major things: they provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.” — Jim Rohn.
4. “Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you.” –KushandWizdom
5. “Light travels faster than sound. That’s why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.” —Albert Einstein.
6. “Good words are worth much, and cost little.” –George Herbert
7. “Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.” —Jim Rohn.
8. “Communication works for those who work at it.” —John Powell.
9. “It’s the space you put between the notes that make the music.”  —Massimo Vignelli

10.  “Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world.” – Lawrence G. Lovasik

Powerful Quotes for a New Perspective

11. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” –Rumi
12. “Your word is the power that you have to create; it is a gift.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
13. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” –John Keating
14. “My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel–it is, before all, to make you see.” –Joseph Conrad
15. “A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.” – Jessamyn West
16.  “The secret of being boring is to say everything.” –Voltaire
17. “Remember your words can plant gardens or burn whole forest down.” – Gemma Troy
18. “The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.” –Markus Zusak
19. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” –Mother Teresa

20. “Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.” – Robin Sharma

Words That Will Change How You See the World

21. “The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.” –Unknown    
22. “Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.” – Unknown   
23. “If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.” —Dennis Roth.
24. “A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool speaks because he has to say something.” — Plato. 
25. “Words: So innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne
26.  “All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
27. “No one ever complains about a speech being too short!” —Ira Hayes.
28. “Speeches measured by the hour die with the hour.” —Thomas Jefferson.
29. “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.”  —D. H. Lawrence. 

30.  “Don’t mix bad words with your bad mood. You’ll have many opportunities to change a mood, but you’ll never get the opportunity to replace the words you spoke.” -Unknown

Quotes for a Fresh Perspective on Life

31. “There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself, and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your audience.” —Alexander Gregg
32. “Words are containers for power, you choose what kind of power they carry.” —Joyce Meyer
33. “Beautifully crafted words have the power to captivate the mind of anybody.” – Sam Veda
34. “If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.” –Betty Eadie
35. “Don’t ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs.” – Hamza Yusuf
36. “Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don’t mean much to you, may stick with someone else for a lifetime.” –Rachel Wolchin
37. “Words are seeds that do more than blow around. They land in our hearts and not the ground. Be careful what you plant and careful what you say. You might have to eat what you planted one day.” –Unknown
38. “Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.” –Abraham Joshua Herschel

In conclusion, the power of words extends far beyond their literal meanings. So, let’s choose our words wisely, for in their simplicity lies a tremendous force for good.