The Power of Words

‘We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.’ – Abigail Adams, (1744 – 1818), American, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams.

‘Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.’ – John Fletcher, (1579 – 1625), prolific and influential English dramatist of the Jacobean era.

‘Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.’ – Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784), English writer, poet and literary critic.