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Words make a world of difference. Over time, they become charged with inference and allusion and, deployed effectively, they have the power to change the very fabric of our civilisation.


Ephraim Mirvis

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RAY A. DAVIS A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place...
ANKITA SINGHAL We could live several lifetimes and never exhaust the power of our minds.
DENIS HACHEY Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of...
JOHN BERGER Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of...
JOHN BERGER We cannot change our memories, but we can change their meaning and the power they have over us
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DEYTH BANGER I choose to choose few words each day. Yes! few words that count. Few words that can make impact. Fe...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You have been created in order that you might make a difference. You have within you the power to ch...
ANDY ANDREWS Coming from playing junior varsity to play varsity for the first time this year, those two have work...
ED ROGERS O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own ...
JOHN M SHEEHAN Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a diff...
ALAN RICKMAN No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very...
URSULA K. LE GUIN Your story matters. The thoughts you think matter. The words you use matter. It can be the differenc...
KRISTIN RATH In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The gift of writing; natural flow of thoughts from the deepest heart.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Words have power, and sometimes, they stay with
you for life. It’s up to you to allow those w...
DANIELE LANZAROTTA Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over
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TERRY PRATCHETT Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on socie...
CHARLES MOORE You must know, the day your star exploded into my universe, you altered it all. You exposed my light...
JENNIFER DELUCY This is my time, I don't own anyone but every one wants to get owned by me
PIYUSH NEGI If they want to become the world No. 1 they should have a very focused business. The logical consequ...
JUERGEN RECK Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different.
JOHNNIE DENT JR. People who really want to make a difference in the world usually do it, in one way or another. And I...
BETH CLARK Words do not create change as much as example does. Be the example
BRENT M. JONES While a picture paints a thousand words, a thousand words paints a masterpiece.
WILLIE HAYNES They are getting more and more involved, and when they become involved one of the things we are seei...
JUDI JEDLICKA He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will n...
ANWAR SADAT I love you." Why it worked right then, why the webbing of my godmother's spell frayed as though the ...
JIM BUTCHER When a word of God is spoken it will always be personal and yet we will find it touching the lives o...
JOHN M SHEEHAN It is important to distinguish between the power of the Internet to make the great change it can, an...
NAOMI WOLF The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY The doubt has the mysterious power to bring out the hidden reality of life.
ANUJ SOMANY Hey you the "Supreme Power Within Myself" uplift my soul that I make no more mistakes and patiently ...
NEHA KOTHARI If you look at a stream or river and close your eyes it will be amazing the flow of ideas that will ...
GARY F EVANS... The power of man;Man does not only have the power to accomplish great & unbelievable things in life,...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Acknowledge and express your mistakes so you can prove to yourself and others that you can learn and...
SERGIO ORTIZ I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change t...
ELLEN GOODMAN When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as inter...
ANURAG KASHYAP The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo...
KATHERINE VUCICEVIC We keep waiting for another Mahatma to make a difference in our society and nation. Well it is time ...
JERONINIO ALMEIDA So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over ...
TIM O'REILLY To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meanin...
STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD The fewer the words, the better you’re heard!
CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE When you are called for a great duty because you have been given a great ability, do your very best ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. Book covers got very boring for a time. Then they improved with shiny ones, and now they come in fab...
BARBRA MONTEZ The difference between a Good day and a Bad day has less to do with the circumstances than the power...
NEIL SUTTON That’s not fair!

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JOHN M SHEEHAN People who really want to make a difference in the world usually do it, in one way or another. And I...
KATIE J. DAVIS In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If not prevented, desertification of the world can one day make the camels as the best and the sole ...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind....
GAUTAMA BUDDHA Reasons... questions... what they have in common?

- All get finded in the hard way.
DEYTH BANGER Curses. Jesus. It took all kinds. There wasn't anything to a curse but words. Just like blessings an...
MINDY MEJIA There is always a new technique to learn. This is a very exciting time to be a fabric artist. The le...
BETSY MCGRAIL You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
BRIAN JACQUES For me I see the world as one big nation, where everyone in it is a citizen, so it is our responsibi...
NURUDEEN USHAWU The world is not interested in what we do for a living. What they are interested in is what we have ...
SASHA AZEVEDO Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha...
JEFFREY R. ANDERSON The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, th...
PETER GARRETT Patients need to know that depression fluctuates over time and can be treated effectively with medic...
ALAN CHRISTENSEN My Words Are For The Ones Who Get It, Rest Forget It !
SYED SHARUKH You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently.
Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m...
SARAH J. MAAS It's been a couple weeks since they ran with us and we're very happy with how they did. It made a wo...
CRAIG HOFFMAN Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT Some newspapers in Britain have become closer to these kind of mafia families. They wield an incredi...
HUGH GRANT I've heard it said that we are the first generation to have the ability to turn the Titanic around, ...
RUTHERFORD SEYDEL Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effe...
LARRY CRAIG I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th...
JIM GENOVESE If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc...
DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ...
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APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv...
NICKOLE SANDERS Life is a journey of faces. Each face sees a new group of people changing the face of life and livin...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I thank God for schools that are serious about the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are vital to perpetu...
JAMES C. DOBSON As we come to know, accept, and explore our feelings, they will become sanctuaries and fortresses an...
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Camerlengo Carlo Ve...
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NURUDEEN USHAWU The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL Exculpatory evidence would tend to support an inference that the defendant is not guilty of the crim...
DAVID BALDUS I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
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SOURCE UNKNOWN You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the...
JOEL OSTEEN It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there.
PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU Everything has it's own time and place, Transformation becomes effortless when we go with the flow.
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EPHRAIM YAAR This is a tragedy, and they do it with a pretext or without it.
EPHRAIM SNEH I'm afraid this is the last chance, because a collapse of this summit may lead to, as I've said befo...
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EPHRAIM SNEH Joy makes us giddy, dizzy. [Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING The superstition in which we grew up,
Though we may recognize it, does not lose
Its power over...
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident...
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist Doch einzig und...
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING Borrowing is not much better than begging. [Ger., Borgen ist nicht viel besser als betteln.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille Und nicht die Gabe macht ...
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
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EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING Suspicion follows close on mistrust. [Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]
EPHRAIM GOTTHOLD LESSING The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Absolute truth belongs to Thee alone.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING They make glorious shipwreck who are lost in seeking worlds
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GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Das Blut allein macht lange noch den Vater nicht.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity
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GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.
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GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose
GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING The search for truth is more precious than its possession.
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