Adorned Quotes

47 quotes by 46 authors

A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine... Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life. — Thomas Brooks
You should look at certain walls stained with damp, or at stones of uneven color. If you have to invent some backgrounds you will be… — Leonardo da Vinci
How does life become totally painful By total retreat. Total noninspection becomes total pain.But existence is basically composed of a very few truths onto which… — L. Ron Hubbard
... my mother adorned with flowers whatever shabby house we were forced to live in. — Alice Walker
Why are stamps adorned with kings and presidents? That we may lick their hinder parts and thump their heads. — Howard Nemerov
Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious… — Saint Basil
No temple made with hands can compare with Yosemite. Every rock in its walls seems to glow with life...Awful in stern, immovable majesty, how softly… — John Muir
Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. — Miroslav Volf
The lives of heroes have enriched history, and history has adorned the actions of heroes ; and thus I cannot say whether the historians are… — Jean de la Bruyere
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be… — H. L. Mencken
Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. — James Montgomery
When the truth is spoken, it doesn't need to be adorned. It just needs to be simply stated, and often it only needs to be… — James Nachtwey
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage, they form… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Certificates from top US universities adorned the walls like tiger head in a hunterâ€™s home. — Chetan Bhagat
So it was, my dear Watson, that at two o'clock today I found myself in my old armchair in my own old room, and only… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in… — Edmond Rostand
Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails… — Nicholas Sparks
Those East Coast rich kids are a different breed, on a fast track to nowhere. Your friends in Seattle are downright Canadian in their niceness.… — Maria Semple
If we go back to the beginning, we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned them; that… — Bill Maher

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