Come Upon Quotes

107 Come Upon quotes by 93 unique authors

Occasionally in life we come upon things we can't understand, because we have never seen anything similar. — Arthur Golden
The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business. — Lois McMaster Bujold
The mirror crack'd from side to side "The curse has come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott — Alfred Lord Tennyson
When I was young, I had to choose between the life of being and the life of doing. And I leapt at the latter like… — Ursula K. Le Guin
they ran in the sunlight, creating their own breeze which pressed their dresses into their damp skin. Reaching a kind of square of four locked… — Toni Morrison
The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come… — Arthur Conan Doyle
But there is always a November space after the leaves have fallen when she felt it was almost indecent to intrude on the woods…for their… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath come upon my mouth, without wanting… — Sarah Waters
She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room, She saw the water-lily bloom, She saw the helmet and… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
In life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room, but that does not mean… — Ari Berk
And so it is with our own past. It is a labour in vain to attempt to recapture it: all the efforts of our intellect… — Marcel Proust
It's funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in the deserted hall,… — Donna Tartt
There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon… — Arthur Conan Doyle
He told me that once, in the war, he’d come upon a German soldier in the grass with his insides falling out; he was just… — Libba Bray
When we pray for God to illumine our path, we are saying, ‘Dear God, please show me the way. What thoughts do I need to… — Marianne Williamson
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. — Peter Abelard
The Holy Ghost is manifested to men and women on the earth both as the power and as the gift of the Holy Ghost. The… — David A. Bednar
St. Luke again associates St. John with St. Peter in the Acts of the Apostles, when, after the Resurrection, that strange boldness had come upon… — Alfred Noyes
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. — Unknown Author
Forgiveness of enemies can only come upon their repentance. — William Blake
The changes wrought by time are like the gathering of a river which feeds stream upon stream from innumerable precipitations of water. We are surprised… — Bob Seger
The thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me — Bible
A time will come upon people in which the only remaining thing from Quran is its writing, and the only remaining thing from Islam is… — Zahid Abas
And the angel answered her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child… — Bible
If you come upon the opportunity to improve another's life, seize it immediately — Unknown Author

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