Awe Quotes

565 Awe quotes by 458 unique authors

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone… — Donald Miller
The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our… — Dennis Lehane
I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a… — Suzanne Collins
When man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying. — Karl Rahner
We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. — Malcolm Gladwell
It {Darwin's theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity… — Douglas Adams
I know our culture will sometimes understand a love for Jesus as weakness. There is this lie floating around that says I am supposed to… — Donald Miller
We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is,… — Carl Sagan
Oui, oui, he snapped with an obvious lack of awe. "Ding dong the demon's dead, now can we admire our delightful handiwork someplace where the… — Alexandra Ivy
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates… — Albert Einstein
Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that was possession, I'm… — Darynda Jones
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a… — John Steinbeck
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the… — Carl Rogers
IT'S THE EXPRESSION ON THEIR LITTLE FACES I LIKE, said the Hogfather. "You mean sort of fear and awe and not knowing whether to laugh… — Terry Pratchett
Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey." "I speak Turkish. — Peter Lerangis
Then suddenly the Mole felt a great Awe fall upon him, an awe that turned his muscles to water, bowed his head, and rooted his… — Kenneth Grahame
There is a trick to flying. The angels told me." He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as… — Anne Fortier
Next to fat babies, midgets are my favorite things to hold. I love them so much, and I want to help them to do adult… — Chelsea Handler
You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take on something of… — N. T. Wright
People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in awe before the… — Richard Rohr
I pushed him away, catching Lee's awe that I was not only standing with a demon outside a circle, but that Al was treating me… — Kim Harrison
Awe is what moves us forward. — Joseph Campbell
She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe. — Patrick Carman
The artist and the mother are vehicles, not originators. They don't create the new life, they only bear it. This is why birth is such… — Steven Pressfield
Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness… — Carl Sagan

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