Chaff Quotes

44 quotes by 37 authors

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Blood mixture and the result drop in the racial level is the sole cause of the dying out of old cultures; for men do not… — Adolf Hitler
But oh! the blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearlessly on any subject; with whom one's deepest as well… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you. — Gwendolyn Brooks
Oh, the comfort - the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person - having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words, but pouring… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher-admittedly a daunting task-it is twice as difficult for a publisher to sort through… — Olivia Goldsmith
So this estate is given each of us to determine whether or not we will merit glory and honor "for ever and ever," or whether… — ElRay L. Christiansen
The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly,… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The grain of real knowledge is concealed in a vast deal of esoteric chaff. — Alfred Rupert Hall
How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own. You winnow his in the wind like chaff,… — Gautama Buddha
Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two… — William Shakespeare
When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff. — Howard Pyle
Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups? — A A Milne
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
More than 95 percent of both legal and illegal immigration into the United States is non-white. Because of the way immigration law is structured, the… — David Duke
In God's mill even chaff becomes flour. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we… — Kenneth Grahame
You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff. — Miguel de Cervantes
The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat. — John Bunyan
Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is… — Elbert Hubbard

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