Crowning Quotes

68 Crowning quotes by 63 unique authors

I had never seen hair that purely black. It was glossy and slightly long, the ends drifting over his collar. That sexy length was the… — Sylvia Day
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[...] Technology has tended to devaluate the traditional vision-inducing materials. The illumination of a city, for example, was once a rare event, reserved for victories… — Aldous Huxley
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning… — Frederic Chopin
The crowning insult [of abortion] is that this ordeal is represented to her as some kind of a privilege.Her sad and onerous duty is garbed… — Germaine Greer
The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was… — Elias Canetti
The development of our spiritual nature should concern us most. Spirituality is the highest acquisition of the soul, the divine in man; 'the supreme, crowning… — David O. McKay
Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first… — Ezra Taft Benson
I am profoundly grateful that all of my life I have had a simple faith that Jesus is the Christ. That witness has been confirmed… — James E. Faust
Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit. — Richard Dawkins
The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher inspiration... Following Paul,… — Frank Harris
If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses… — George Ripley
We hide death as if it were shameful and dirty. We see in it only horror, meaninglessness, useless struggle and suffering, an intolerable scandal, whereas… — Senoraroy
A good woman is the crowning joy of her husband, but a bad one is like rottenness to his bone. - adaeze don — Adaeze Don
The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I won't ask a woman if she's pregnant unless the baby is crowning. We've all seen that happen, where you say, 'So, when are you… — Ryan Reynolds
"There can be no power without mystery. There must always be a 'something' which others cannot altogether fathom, which puzzles them, stirs them, and rivets… — Charles De Gaulle
THE crown translates a woman to a Queen - endless gold, circling itself, an O like a well, fathomless, for the years to drown in… — Carol Ann Duffy

Who Wrote These Crowning Quotes

63 authors contributed a total of 68 Crowning Quotes, led by these top contributors: