Billows Quotes

31 quotes by 26 authors

Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England… — William Cowper
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar. — Homer
Men go forth to marvel at the height of mountains, and the huge waves of the sea, the broad flow of the rivers, the vastness… — Saint Augustine
I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember… — James A. Garfield
Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever… — William Shakespeare
So I wonder this, as life billows smoke inside my head This little game where nothing is sure Why would you play by the rules?… — Dave Matthews
The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down. — Mercy Otis Warren
I love to see those paragliders weaving softly around Moon Point, their legs floating above you in the air. When they drift in for a… — Deb Caletti
How much do I love thee? Go ask the deep sea How many rare gems In its coral caves be; Or ask the broad billows,… — Mary Ashley Townsend
The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of… — Herodotus
When peace like a river, attendeth my way / When sorrow like sea billows roll / Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say… — Horatio Spafford
A cloud is made of billows upon billows upon billows that look like clouds. As you come closer to a cloud you don't get something… — Benoit Mandelbrot
Never make a permanent decision based on a temporary storm.. No matter how raging the billows are today, remind yourself: "This too shall pass!" — T.D. Jakes
If there are singles who find the waters of singleness dark and deep, who feel, 'I sink in deep waters; the billows go over my… — Margaret Clarkson
I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of… — Charles Spurgeon
Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows. — Friedrich Schiller
We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a… — Desmond Tutu
Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light O'er the glad waves, like a child of the… — Thomas Kibble Hervey
When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful… — Harriet Beecher Stowe

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