Contemplating Quotes

496 quotes by 410 authors

It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally… — Anne Graham Lotz
Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate, — Mike Rowe
To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go. The tales of rough usage are for the most part exaggerations, as also are the… — Joshua Slocum
In the Great War, there is no room for the faint-hearted, the cowardly. A criminal or an anarchist will be better conditioned than a bourgeois,… — Miguel Serrano
The more we read Godâ€™s truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time weâ€™ll spend contemplating untruths. — Lysa TerKeurst
Printing up extra money - with no backing - used to be the sort of thing only counterfeiters did. Now it is done by the… — Bill Bonner
I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce myself. There's so much to… — Peter Greenaway
But we disposable women have to be realistic in this life, you know. Else we get itchy and discontented and start contemplating the kitchen knife… — Jude Morgan
It's impossible to contemplate the life of soil very long without seeing its analogy to the life of the spirit. — Wendell Berry
Some find Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibranâ€™s poetry preachy and moralizing, but I find it plenty enlighteningâ€”itâ€™s hard to object to the melodic, cosmic of mysticism… — Khalil
He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it. — H.G. Wells
Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the… — Alexis Carrel
There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honorÂ the infinite wisdom… — John Ray
Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem. — Vanna Bonta
God is the treasure, and where the treasure is, there is the heart. By this we may test our love to God. What are our… — Dallas Willard
The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It is… — Malidoma Patrice Some
Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak. — Pope Francis
The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves — Italo Calvino
As a holistic being you shatter the illusion of your separateness and reveal your connection to everything. This empowers you in a way that the… — Wayne Dyer
When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts, people… — Jodie Foster

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