Quotes

Power of Words Quotes      © Jenny Jenkins 2015    https://sites.google.com/site/valueslessons  

Match each quote with its correct ending (see below.) Write the letter of the ending beside the number of the beginning (as in # 1.)

Quotes: Beginnings

1.g. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears...from the hardest hearts....

2... Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; 

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3... It doesn't matter if you and everyone else in the room are thinking it, 

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4... Words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you have pronounced them, you cannot 

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5... We must be careful with our words – we’re like superheroes and words are like our 

..................................................................................................................6... The power of life and death lies in the use

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7... Words never fade away but echo on for eternity

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8... The human tongue is a beast that few can master.

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9... My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect.

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10... If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, 

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11... A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words

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Quotes: Endings

a. You don't say the words. Richard Kadrey.

b. super powers. Super powers should always be used to help others. Dianna Hardy

c. bruise the heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

d. Let your echo ring sweet. Richelle E. Goodrich

e. So be careful what you send out! Allan Rufusf. remove the scar they leave behind. Vashti Quiroz-Vegag. from the hardest hearts. Patrick Rothfussh. don’t say it. Earl Wilson

i. If it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief. Robert Greene

j. you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall. Jodi Picoult

k. of the tongue. Be careful of your words. Lailah Gifty Akita

Watch your Words: Quotes Solutions

1.g. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

2.j. Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

3.a. It doesn't matter if you and everyone else in the room are thinking it. You don't say the words.

4.f. Words are powerful. Be careful how you use them because once you have pronounced them, you cannot remove the scar they leave behind.

5.b. We must be careful with our words – we’re like superheroes and words are like our super powers. Super powers should always be used to help others.

6.k. The power of life and death lies in the use of the tongue. Be careful of your words.

7.d Words never fade away but echo on for eternity. Let your echo ring sweet.

8.i. The human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will run wild and cause you grief.

9.e. My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be careful what you send out!

10.h. If you wouldn’t write it and sign it, don’t say it.

11.c. A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart.