Awe Quotes

565 Awe quotes by 458 unique authors

Death is the road to awe. — Unknown Author
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe... — Immanuel Kant
No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. — Llewelyn Powys
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because… — Bobby Fischer
Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one… — Richard Rorty
The Magi are filled with awe by what they see; heaven on earth and earth in heaven; man in God and God in man; they… — Peter Chrysologus
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ...… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a fool only, and not the philosopher, nor even the prudent man, that will live as if there were no God... Were a… — Thomas Paine
Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience. — C.S. Lewis
I can't make head or tail of Life. Love is a fine thing, Art is a fine thing, Nature is a fine thing; but the… — Wallace Stevens
In the press grandstand where I watched Discovery rise against the cloudless sky, the media hit the abort button on cynicism. The Earth shook to… — Jonathan Alter
Civilisation will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them… — Winston Churchill
Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the… — Dorothy Allison
The governments alone are responsible for the spread of the superstitious awe with which the common man looks upon every bit of paper upon which… — Ludwig von Mises
Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, "awe s***.. they're up". — Dwayne Johnson
Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe — Lahiri Mahasaya
Awe and respect are two different things. — Oliver Reed
Snow always inspires such awe in me. Just consider one tiny snowflake alone, so delicate, so fragile, so ethereal. And yet, let a billion of… — Betty White
High School: Oh, man. This is where boys and girls go from tweens to teens and become complicated and cruel. Girls play sick mind games;… — Eugene Mirman
I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will… — Henry Rollins
I am in awe, in admiration of the man who Gaius Julius Caesar was. I don't actually do him as the man himself. He is… — Karl Urban
I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. — Gary Cole
I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move. — Matthew Gray Gubler
Steve Burton, I adore. He's got the overall picture. He's wise beyond his years. He's not overwhelmed, and he's not in awe. He's a gentleman.… — Unknown Author

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