Powerful Words: The Power Of Words

There is almost nothing words cannot do. Words are influential; and they are not simply just letters written on a sheet of paper. They can be used to say or do things, both moral and immoral. Words have an impact, whether it is miniscule or massive. They are not thoughts because they don’t float around. The words of one’s lips can be said in many ways, but they can mean the same thing. This can happen vice versa as well. They can be said the same way and interpreted differently. A word is a sound, or the written form of a sound, which people of any particular area have agreed shall mean a certain thing, action, feeling or thought. However, words are not just sound, and not just a language; they are power and actions. Words can be used to …show more content…
It is an ugly truth of nature. One con of the usage of words is the degradation of innocent words. For example, a “villain” originally meant a farmer and “damn” originally meant to condemn. In a similar fashion, words can be overused until they lose their true meaning until they become weak and ineffective. For example, “nice” originally meant to be dainty, delicate, and fine. Today, this overused word means almost anything. This impactful abuse of words can tear down their original and true meanings. Another con to using words is that they contain the power to rip the Earth and its people apart just as gracefully as it put them together. Rhymes like "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," is cute, but untrue. Words used as weapons can hurt and can even kill a person 's spirit. While words can be used to illuminate, they are also used to deceive. They can cause damage, injury, war, and even death. It is unimaginable, sometimes, to think that such power is held in the grasp of brief sounds known as words. Words can hurt in a way actions cannot. They can scar for a long time, and unlike most physical wounds which heal, hurtful words can scar the mind and soul and leave permanent damage to someone’s life. Lastly, words are not returnable and can betray one harsher than actions may. Words are problematic, in that they cannot be taken back. …show more content…
First of all, they are the most powerful drug used by mankind. Words can escalate. “Thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, habits become character, and character becomes destiny.” The power of words is immense in that they can be used for extreme measures at birth or death. For example, the words of a mother’s husband or her mother can encourage the mother to push the baby out and to not give up. Similarly, the words of a police officer, family member, or friend can prevent suicide, for a young human, or ease an old being into death without regrets. Secondly, without words, humans would exist in a poor and primitively emotionless state. Words have changed everything about the human race since they were first introduced and used. Today great writers and authors use them. Great writers are not only those who have great thoughts, but those who express these thoughts in words which attract the attention of their readers’ emotions and thoughts as well. The power of words, lies in their associations of the memories they bring up before one’s mind. Words become filled with meaning for one by experience. The longer we live, the more specific words recall to us the glorious and unhappy events of our past. The more one reads and learns, the more the number of words that mean something to a human being increases. Lastly, words change morally. Words are thriving. As time passes, they are born, grow