The document discusses the power and impact of words. It notes that words can trigger emotions and memories and manipulate people's views. It also states that understanding how to use words effectively can improve self-confidence and allow one to get what they want. Several quotes are provided that discuss the ability of words to express thought, conceal thought, empower or defeat people, and have lasting impact.

1. The Intricacies of Words

2. Words are agents of all Communications. -Nazam Joseph

3. The enormous power of words lies in the MEANING that the words have for you. The words trigger concepts, ideas, memories, situations, circumstances, actions, thoughts and feelings from your subconscious mind into corresponding emotional responses toward the subject at hand.

4. BEWARE! Words can manipulate you into becoming a tool others can use. Their words can virtually force you to agree with their point of view, give them what they want, do what they ask or buy what they are selling. (vice versa)

5. WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO USE WORDS: You'll see yourself on a level playing field with the people around you. Your self-confidence and your self-esteem will improve dramatically. You'll become more assertive, and you'll start getting what YOU want.

6. Did is a word of achievement, Won't is a word of retreat,Might is a word of bereavement,Can't is a word of defeat,Ought is a word of duty,Try is a word of each hour,Will is a word of beauty,Can is a word of POWER!

7. WORDS… are the only weight less things... in this world that could actually… make you feel heavy….

8. Language has three important uses: it expresses thought, conceals thought, and takes the place of thought.

9. Keep your words short and sweet.You never know, from day to day,which ones you'll have to eat.

10. "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."- Nelson Mandela

11. “Colours fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure” - Edward Thorndike

12. "Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world." - Lawrence G. Lovasik

13. "Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind."- Charles Capps

14. “Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.” Sonia Choquette

15. “I shouldn't have called my neighbour’s wife a dirty filthy old woman, now she baths twice daily and she has nagged her husband into paying for a facelift. She’s not only clean and beautiful, but she thanks me for my thoughtless outburst.” -Nazam Joseph

16. "Never accept words meant to hurt. Turn them back because they are the responsibility of the speaker. When you are caught off guard, hold the emotions in silence for a moment and tell them to be still. It takes longer to forget than it does to forgive - and time heals when we give it the power.“ Joyce Sequichie