Profoundly inspirational language quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Language Quotes
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. Frank Smith
Language is wine upon the lips. Virginia Woolf
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
Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war. Arab Proverb
You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once. Czech proverb
A different language is a different vision of life. Federico Fellini
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. Roger Bacon
If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, dann müssen Sie Deutsch sprechen. Willy Brandt
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye. William Gibson
With languages, you are at home anywhere. Edward De Waal
To have another language is to possess a second soul. Charlemagne
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. Geoffrey Willans
Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery. Amy Chua
A different language is a different vision of life. Federico Fellini
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness. William Arthur Ward
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. Rita Mae Brown
The more languages you know, the more you are human. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. Roger Bacon
Language is the dress of thought. Samuel Johnson
Change your language and you change your thoughts. Karl Albrecht
With languages you are at home anywhere. Edmund De Waal
He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world. Rumi
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
A man who knows two languages is worth two men. French proverb
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Change your language, and you change your thoughts. Karl Albrecht
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats
To have another language is to possess a second soul. Charlemagne
The most intimate temper of a people, its deepest soul, is above all in its language. Jules Michelet
Any time you think some other language is strange, remember that yours is just as strange, you’re just used to it.
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
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. Flora Lewis
Learning another language is like becoming another person. Haruki Murakami
A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers. Cesar Chavez
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. Geoffrey Willans
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. Rita Mae Brown
The development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people. Maria Montessori
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. Victor Hugo
Language comes first. It’s not that language grows out of consciousness. If you haven’t got language, you can’t be conscious. Alan Moore
The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. Roger Bacon
It is astonishing how much enjoyment one can get out of a language that one understands imperfectly. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish Proverb
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. Rita Mae Brown
Language comes first. It’s not that language grows out of consciousness, if you haven’t got language, you can’t be conscious. Alan Moore
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Speak a new language so that the world will be a new world. Rumi
Language shapes the way we think and determines what we can think about. Benjamin Lee Whorf
Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club-the community of speakers of that language. Frank Smith
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
The more languages you know, the more you are human. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides. Rita Mae Brown
Learning another language is like becoming another person. Haruki Murakami
The limits of my language are the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. Samuel Johnson
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about. Benjamin Lee Whorf
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see.
If you know many languages then you have many keys for a castle. François Marie Arouet
Music is the universal language of mankind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Language is the dress of thought. Samuel Johnson
The art of communication is the language of leadership. James Humes
Our language is also our history. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. Martha Graham
Two monologues do not make a dialogue. Jeff Daly
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. Rita Dove
We invent the world through language. The world occurs through language. Mal Pancoast
Coffee is a language in itself. Jackie Chan
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. Edward Sapir
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things. Flora Lewis
It is astonishing how much enjoyment one can get out of a language that one understands imperfectly. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
Any time you think some other language is strange, remember that yours is just as strange. You’re just used to it.
Learning a foreign language not only reveals how other societies think and feel, what they have experienced and value, and how they express themselves, it also provides a cultural mirror in which we can more clearly see our own society. Chancellor Edward Lee Gorsuch
Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club the community of speakers of that language. Frank Smith
A man who knows two languages is worth two men. French Proverb
One who speaks only one language is one person, but one who speaks two languages is two people. Turkish proverb
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages. Dave Barry
You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once. Czech proverb
Without translation, we would be living in the provinces bordering on silence. George Steiner
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. Frank Smith
We should learn languages because language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly. Kató Lomb
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. Geoffrey Willans
Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery. Amy Chua
Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. Sarah Caldwell
To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world. Chinese Proverb
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. Frank Smith
Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation’s culture as its language. Wilhelm von Humboldt
You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once. Czech proverb
I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.Vivien Leigh
It is astonishing how much enjoyment one can get out of a language that one understands imperfectly. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? Barbara Ehrenreich
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning. Michael Gove
We should learn languages because language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly. Kató Lomb
It’s like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There’s all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. William Wiley
If I’m selling to you, I speak your language. If I’m buying, Dann müssen Sie Deutsch Sprechen. Willy Brandt
The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist. Upamanyu Chatterjee
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. David Antin
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. Geoffrey Willans
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby, so helpless and so ridiculous. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Language is the archives of history. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A new language is a new life. Persian proverb
Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. Roger Bacon
The most intimate temper of a people, its deepest soul, is above all in its language. Jules Michelet
He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war. Arab proverb
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. Gaston Bachelard
I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. Elif Safak
Any time you think some other language is strange, remember that yours is just as strange, you’re just used to it
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye. William Gibson
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things but learning another way to think about things. Flora Lewis
Learn a new language and get a new soul. Czech proverb
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. Victor Hugo
Language is wine upon the lips. Virginia Woolf
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. Edward Sapir
If you want people to understand you, you speak their language. African Proverb
Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery. Amy Chua
You are as many a person as languages you know. Armenian Proverb
Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation’s culture as its language. Wilhelm von Humboldt
A foreign language is more easily learned in the kitchen than at school. German Proverb
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise, he voluntarily makes himself a great baby, so helpless and so ridiculous. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man can be recognized by his language. Jewish proverb
The most intimate temper of a people, its deepest soul, is above all in its language. Jules Michelet
Old donkeys do not learn languages. Portuguese Proverb
I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. Elif Safak
