"Life and Death are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat of its fruit"-Proverbs....
If you don't know, the above quote is from one of the oldest in the world, the Bible. Now, take a couple of seconds or minutes to think about the above quote. Lets put religion and all other arguments aside and think about the piece above objectively.
I believe that you have caught a glimpse or revelation of something in the above quote but i will like to tell you mine. Did you realize that it said there is power in the tongue. In other words, you wield power through your words and this power is able to create Good or Bad in your life and circumstances.
Just think about all the beautiful and useful things we enjoy in this life: Cars, building, Computers, Phones, you name them, all came into existence because someone was using the power of words. Someone had to think and speak about building a car before the first ever car was built. Take for instance that vacation you've planned to go this summer, i bet you've said it to yourself or even to a friend of acquaintance that you will be going for vacation this summer.
Though actions speak louder than words but as Ben Galley, author of the written puts it "You can't hammer in a nail with words...No, but you can start a war with them.”
So dear reader, take the gems in this piece with you and remember that your words are more powerful and use them to your advantage. Here are few quotes by Famous people about the power of words:
1. “If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!”-Harvey Mackay(Author of Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Pushing The Envelope)
2.“Speak when you are angry– and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.”-Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1988) Educator, author of The Peter Principle
3. “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care, for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or evil.”-Siddhartha Gotoma or Buddha (563-483 B.C.)
4.“You can create the energy to turn your dreams into reality by knowing what to say when you talk to yourself.”-Shad Helmstetter(Author of Motivational Books)
5.“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are endless.”-Mother Theresa(1910-1997)
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