Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
The man who seeks one thing in life and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done; But he… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
From plots and treasons Heaven preserve my years, But save me most from my petitioners. Unsatiate as the barren womb or grave;… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
For without love we will lose the will to live. Our mental and physical vitality is impaired, our resistance is lowered, and… — Smiley Blanton Copy Share Image
a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I simply wanted to experience the presence of this man who had revolutionized my understanding. After a while we sat in silence,… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
we must be as satisfied to be powerless, idle and still before God, and dried up and barren when He permits it,… — Jane Frances de Chantal Copy Share Image
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our people do not want barren theories from their democracy. Maury Maverick has expressed very quaintly, but clearly, what they really want… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
People think that Detroit is this barren wasteland. While there are parts that are not as nice as others, the misconception is… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we're so busy. — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Is there conscience in the Kremlin? Do they ever ask themselves what is the purpose of life? What is it all for?...… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I'm a diehard animal lover - I've always loved animals - but it was just one of those trips that I felt… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth. — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Unlike femininity, relaxed masculinity is at bottom empty, a limp nullity. While the female body is full of internal potentiality, the male… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and yet we love it, even with a… — Henry Cabot Lodge Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that I now saw the Star Maker in two aspects: as the spirit's particular creative mood that had… — Olaf Stapledon Copy Share Image
To start with invention is the mark of the fertile mind ... and leads later to the interpretation of experience; to start… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
