Dove Quotes

203 Dove quotes by 161 unique authors

I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls. — George Aiken
My name, Paloma, means 'dove' in Spanish. It stands as a symbol of peace and purity. — Paloma Picasso
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the… — Syncletica of Alexandria
I wanna get rich enough in life that I can afford to release a dozen doves every time I walk into a room. You know… — Daniel Tosh
Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely new beasts, and… — Heinrich Heine
Use thy duties, as Noah's dove did her wings, to carry thee to the ark of the Lord Jesus Christ, where only there is rest. — Isaac Ambrose
Now, among the heresies that are spoken in this matter is the habit of calling a grey day a "colourless" day. Grey is a colour,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I studied acting for five years. I quit college at that point. You know, I go hard. When I know I'm supposed to go in… — Sonja Sohn
The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14… — Lance Burton
For Nature is love, and finds haunts for true love, Where nothing can hear or intrude; It hides from the eagle and joins with the… — John Clare
The power of love is a curious thing, make one man weep, make another man sing. Change a hawk to a little white dove, more… — Huey Lewis
Don't blow your tomorrows, don't throw away your love. You've got to be wise as a serpent, harmless as a dove. — Gerry Rafferty
And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about… — Thomas A. Edison
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do… — Horace
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. — William Shakespeare
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells Through the balmy air of night How they ring out… — Edgar Allan Poe
And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown And glittering eyes that showed their right To general Nature's deep delight. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves. — Unknown Author
Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie… — George Herbert
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,… — Alexander Pope
Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the… — Alexander Pope
Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is--more knave than fool. — Christopher Marlowe
Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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