Before Us Quotes

363 quotes by 290 authors

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and… — Knute Nelson
We are rare and precious because we are alive, because we can think as well as we can. We are privileged to influence and perhaps… — Carl Sagan
We seem, these days, much more willing to recognize the perils before us than we were even a decade ago. The newly recognized dangers threaten… — Carl Sagan
Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us. If we don't know where we are going, we know with whom we go. — Charles Spurgeon
We should be surprised that a matter that generally plays such an important part in the life of man has hitherto been almost entirely disregarded… — Arthur Schopenhauer
We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it? Only the perfect… — Swami Vivekananda
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and… — John F. Kennedy
The beauty is forever there before us, forever piping to us, and we are forever failing to dance. We could not help but dance if… — Margaret Prescott Montague
It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We… — John Bradshaw
Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us. — Swami Vivekananda
We don't tend to ask where a lake comes from. It lies before us, contained and complete, tantalizing in its depth but not its origin.… — John Daniel
The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God on the earth will be combined together at Christ's coming - and that time is not… — Gordon B. Hinckley
We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today. — Stephen Ambrose
We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth; there is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the stars will be… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of… — Ronald Reagan
At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we regain an attentiveness… — John W. Gardner
Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse? — Neil deGrasse Tyson
As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends and we confront the challenge that is before us,… — Anna Bligh
As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive… — Oswald Chambers
No [movie is really worth watching] which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility of… — J.R. Miller

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