#words

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? ↗

— Buddha

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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. ↗

— Robert Frost

#about #everything #goes #i #i can

The paper burns, but the words fly away. ↗

— Ben Joseph Akiba

#burns #fly #paper #words

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#american #constitution #document #governing #greatest

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? ↗

— Robert Browning

#deeds #fail #i #men #strive

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#once #own #printed #their #words

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. ↗

— Montserrat Caballe

#automatically #experiences #feels #music #ring

His words and music weren't just joined; they were inseparably married. ↗

— John Corry

#inseparably #joined #just #married #music

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#eloquent #only #song #story #telling