The Voice

I remember listening to a sermon over and over and in it the speaker said " be a voice, not an echo". I believe what he meant by this was not to just repeat good things that you have heard from others, not even to just repeat what you have read in your bible, but whatever you say to "make it ours" speak with conviction and believe it. i  am always quoting people, using good quotes that I like. Many of these have resounded deep within me and are words put together to relate what I have felt inside for years; or what I am feeling at the moment. Sometimes we quote or echo people who we wish we could be like and hopefully one day by the excessive quoting these words will become ours.
I always remember what I learned in history class." If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe i" ; a quote from Adolf Hilter , written by his speech writer. i think this holds true, though it doesn't have to be a lie; could be a truth.

Well I am sure this was meant to be a well thought out deliberation of evidence on the power of words; I'm simply saying be careful what you say and what you hear.