Tongue Pierced Quotes

“The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your words.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“Writing is a clarifying exercise. Seeing the words that have been swirling in your head captured and pinned to a piece of paper or a screen often brings a new perspective. As Flannery O’Connor famously said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“Without awareness and intentionality, we are destined to repeat the patterns we grew up with—which can be either a blessing or a curse.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“The words of our closest relatives literally become our words, until we develop words of our own.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Gandhi”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“I recently came across a study conducted by linguistic researchers on a large cross section of violent prisoners.3 The researchers met with the prisoners and studied the range and type of vocabulary they used. They determined that these prisoners had about one-fifth the vocabulary of the average person in America, noting that one of the major contributing factors to the violent histories of the men was that they had no other way to express themselves.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“This reality goes a long way toward proving an old maxim: You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things—the people you associate with and the books you read.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“One day you will be held accountable for the life you created and the influence you wielded with the words you chose to speak: “And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak. The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you” (Matt. 12:36–37). Every word that has ever left your tongue, and those yet to, will be judged for its merit. Every word of encouragement, praise, and love you’ve spoken will be revisited. Every negative, hurtful thing you’ve said to the people you love will come to light. You’ll see the effects of every lie you’ve told and every judgment you’ve passed. Between now and then, you have the opportunity to use your words in a way that brings life to the world around you; you have a chance to use your words to cooperate with God in creating your best future and reaching your full potential; you have the chance to use your words to show life-changing love to the people closest to you.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“2. Think before you speak. Have you ever heard the story of the fly that lived on a cow farm in Indiana? One day the fly was particularly hungry. As he was buzzing around looking for some food, he saw his favorite meal—a big, fresh cow patty. Excited by his discovery, the little fly dove in and feasted until he could feast no more. But when he tried to fly away, he realized there was a problem. He had eaten so much that he was too heavy for his wings to lift him off the ground. What’s a fly to do? Well, this enterprising little sucker spotted a broom leaning against the wall of the barn. He came up with a plan. The fly decided to climb to the top of the broom and jump off, assuming that once he was in the air with his wings spread, he’d be able to fly. The little hero waddled over to the broom and grunted his way to the tip of the handle. Once as high as he could go, he catapulted himself off and flapped his wings with all his might. But he was still too heavy to fly. He fell to the ground with a splat—and that was the end of Mr. Fly. The moral of the story? Don’t fly off the handle when you’re full of crap. In other words, think before you speak.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“For example, statistics show that people who curse in the workplace don’t get promoted as often as those who don’t curse. As a contributor to Forbes.com recently noted, 64% of employers said that they’d think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57% would be less likely to promote that person.… A majority of hiring managers said they believe that the use of curse words brings the employee’s professionalism into question, while others are concerned with the lack of control and lack of maturity demonstrated by swearing at work. More than half said using dirty words at work makes an employee appear less intelligent.1”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“Gratitude deficiency is characterized by a tendency to forget God when life is going well.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“Your thoughts act as instructions to your brain; as soon as they come through, your brain goes to work to turn them into reality. Or in keeping with the analogy, when you plant seeds of thought—no matter what kind of seeds they are—your brain gets busy producing a corresponding crop.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live

“It’s impossible to gossip about someone else without being personally affected in a negative way.”
― Nelson Searcy, Tongue Pierced: How the Words You Speak Transform the Life You Live