Awake Quotes

1093 quotes by 789 authors

It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson
It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honore de Balzac
I'm less desperate now to express what's inside me, that's true - I act these days because it keeps me awake and interested, an eternal… — Emmanuelle Beart
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. — Josh Billings
I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. — Lewis Black
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. — Erma Bombeck
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let… — Dale Carnegie
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often… — Marc Chagall
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to keep them turning… — Harlan Coben
Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a… — Dan Wakefield
To be awake is to be alive. — Henry David Thoreau
The thing that keeps me awake at night is a nexus between terrorism and massive destruction...the possibility that a terrorist organization could either acquire a… — Michele Flournoy
But Mr. Hale resolved that he would not be disturbed by any such nonsensical idea; so he lay awake, determining not to think about it. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get… — Chinua Achebe
When in the fresh mornings I go into my garden before anyone is awake, I go for the time being into perfect happiness. — Celia Thaxter
We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember. — Nhat Hanh
Meditation is one of the ways in which the spiritual man keeps himself awake. — Thomas Merton
Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it,… — Leo Tolstoy

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