Bears Quotes · Page 27

And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.

— William Blake

Often try what weight you can support, And what your shoulders are too weak to bear.

— Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

— Winston Churchill

My lord, adjudge my strength, and set me where I bear a little more than I can bear.

— Elinor Wylie

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.

— Yoko Ono

And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show.

— Alexander Pope

People couldn't bear to go on living if they faced every cold truth about themselves.

— Dean Koontz

A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.

— Anonymous

Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until…

— Washington Irving

The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging.

— Margaret Heffernan

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though,…

— Vanessa Hudgens

from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so…

— Martin Luther

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw…

— Beryl Bainbridge

England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear…

— Thomas Gray

I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore…

— Sophie Scholl

But who could bear to know which stars were already dead, she thought, blinking up at the night sky; could anybody stand…

— Anonymous

Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us…

— John Dryden

Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of…

— Kathleen Norris

If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into…

— Ralph Ellison

The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human…

— Milan Kundera

I want people to feel conflicted. I want them to feel for characters they started out hating. I want to start conversations…

— Sian Heder

My apartment is infested with koala bears. It's the cutest infestation ever. Way better than cockroaches. When I turn on the light…

— Mitch Hedberg

Just to the extent that the Bible was appealed to in matters of science, science was retarded; and just to the extent…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Chain me with roaring bears; Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house, O'er-covered quite with dead men's rattling bones, With reeky shanks…

— William Shakespeare

How much harder it is to bear one's splendor than one's miseries!

— Douglas Harding

At least us old men remember what a real bear market is like, and the young men haven't got a clue.

— Jeremy Grantham

To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.

— Garry Wills

Love at the lips was touch As sweet as I could bear; And once that seemed too much; I lived on air.

— Robert Frost

When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.

— Hannah More

Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God.

— Tom Stoppard

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.

— Leymah Gbowee

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.

— Francis Marion

He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt.

— Walter Savage Landor

They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing.

— John Green

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering.

— Ingrid Newkirk

We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.

— Sarah J. Maas

He used both hands when he made the bear. Imagine a bear proceeding from the hands of God.

— N. Scott Momaday

He would bear scars because of me, as I carried them for him.

— Ann Aguirre

Give up bearing children and bear hope and love and devotion to those already born.

— Anonymous

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

— Marcus Aurelius