Centuries Quotes

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When you consider what you would love to accomplish in your life but feel ill-prepared to bring it about, picture the eighty-nine Michelangelo living five… — Wayne Dyer
We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than… — George W. Bush
Just as with other great words, the word environment means different things. You might say that a cave woman twenty thousand years ago sweeping out… — Pete Seeger
We must not forget that what I mean by the conquest of the world by spiritual thought is the sending out of the life-giving principles,… — Swami Vivekananda
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on… — Edwin Markham
What is time? The shadow on the dial, the striking of the clock, the running of the sand, day and night, summer and winter, months,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
...The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty endures. A work… — J. Paul Getty
I am an optimist and I believe that together we shall be able now to make the right historical choice so as not to miss… — Mikhail Gorbachev
I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer. — Alberto Moravia
The Graveyard of the Atlantic exhibit reflects the aquarium's proximity to the state's Outer Banks, where thousands of ships have run aground over the centuries.… — John Grant
December 21, 2012 represents a unique opportunity for renaissance, renewal and reinvention that people have waited for for centuries. — Alberto Villoldo
If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of… — George Crumb
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work. — Henry Ford
The idea of America endures. Our destiny remains our choice. And tonight, more than two centuries later, it is because of our people that our… — Barack Obama
Today the Somme is a peaceful but sullen place, unforgetting and unforgiving. ... To wander now over the fields destined to extrude their rusty metal… — Paul Fussell
I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first… — Ludwig Quidde
Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous… — Karen Armstrong
I view Witchcraft as a religion that has evolved over the centuries. I do not consider Witchcraft to be a modern invention. Instead I deal with… — Raven Grimassi
There is something of the freshness of mind, of the lightness of spirit in Linne which for centuries has been linked in people's minds with… — Johannes V. Jensen
If I can show that a woman can run 26 miles, and run it well -- stride for stride with the men -- that is… — Bobbi Gibb
What if miliseconds influence centuries? — Robert Cowley
The quotes are often poignant or funny (one man before the firing squad requests a bulletproof vest) and often don't register as much more than… — Jonathan Messinger
It is the same India which has withstood the shocks of centuries, of hundreds of foreign invasions of hundreds of upheavals of manners and customs.… — Swami Vivekananda
Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and travels centuries away… — Yxta Maya Murray
I studied English Literature. I wasn’t a very good student, but one thing I did get from it, while I was making films at the… — Christopher Nolan

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