Awe Quotes · Page 9

As a child in awe of my policeman father, I wanted to grow up to be a cop.

— Mukul Dev

With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead.

— George Crabbe

“The tree that moves some to tears of joy is to others a green thing that stands in the way. - William…

— Jake Eagle LPC

Nor think thou with wind Of æry threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not.

— John Milton

I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

— Katherine Boo

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

— Anne Robinson

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.

— William James

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.

— Annie Lennox

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of…

— Monica Lewinsky

“It is the mythic experience, the mythic imagination that opens, reveals depth and mystery, which places the human in the context of…

— Tom Cheetham

“We have become disconnected from our true selves, and naturally, this has produced a deep sense of lack in our lives, causing…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Tony Blair is a decent man who genuinely thinks what he is doing is justified. But when he sees men such as…

— Piers Morgan

When I read Spencer Madsen’s poetry, I not only feel awe because he’s so good, one of the best, but I also…

— Dennis Cooper

Our beliefs act as lenses. These lenses can help us see things we can't otherwise see, but they can also block us…

— Steve Pavlina

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a…

— William Penn

“ Singing at the Edge of Need by Susan Laughter Meyers (fragment) Three things I turned my back to: light, the past,…

— Susan Laughter Meyers

It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in…

— Wendell Berry

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.

— Pete Sampras

I've always been in awe of filmmakers and their patience in realizing their vision because I could never do that.

— Mike Patton

The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the…

— Matt Chandler

Barry Manilow is a guy who's had a tremendous longevity that few have had in the music business. I'm in awe of…

— Dave Koz

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

— Ming-Dao Deng

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is.

— Ester Dean

If your vision doesn't scare you, then both your vision and your God are too small.

— Andrew van der Bijl

I am in awe of Rajinikanth. He is a great star, yet so easy-going and grounded.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year…

— Marcia Wallace

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

— Adam Schiff

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

— Alex Trebek

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.

— Andrew Marvell

You can't help but be in awe of the athletic abilities of the WWE Superstars.

— Dana Davis

Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency.

— Rands

You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.

— Yoko Ono

Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order...

— Thomas Paine

The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values.

— Anonymous

“Seeing this, I can’t imagine seeing it again and not thinking that the world is a gift.”

— Matt Greene

As for actors, I'm hugely in awe of Cate Blanchett - and Meryl Streep, obviously.

— Phoebe Dynevor

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

— Huangbo Xiyun

Watching David Beckham and Ronaldo scoring all these free-kicks, I was in awe.

— Mason Mount