Exhilaration Quotes

79 Exhilaration quotes by 70 unique authors

Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes I feel a strange exhilaration up here which seems to come from something beyond the mere stimulus of flying. — Guy Murchie
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world, the whole human… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
At home we have lost the capacity to see what is before us. Travel shakes us out of our apathy, and we regain an attentiveness… — John W. Gardner
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble. — Winston Churchill
Optimal experience is that rare occasion when we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished and that becomes… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used,… — David Knopfler
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I run because I enjoy it — not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run — not trained, but… — Amby Burfoot
When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's… — Jenn Suhr
Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration. — W. Somerset Maugham
Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth… — E F Schumacher
We were that generation called silent, but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor, as others thought,… — Joan Didion
Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win… — Sally Pearson
There is great exhilaration in breaking one of these things. ... Ramanujan gives no hints, no proof of his formulas, so everything you do you… — George Andrews
My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after… — Michael Franti
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who… — Linton Kwesi Johnson
Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones… — Edward Hoagland
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Doubtless almost any intense emotion may open our 'inward eye' to the beauty of reality. Falling in love appears to do it for some people.… — Margaret Prescott Montague
The more you push, pass that pain, to feel the exhilaration of what that pain really delivers, then you will find the values of who… — Greg Plitt
I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. ANAÏS NIN, Fire: From "A Journal of Love" The… — Anais Nin
The traveling and adventure always lift my spirits soaring with exhilaration. — Emile Hirsch
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment… — Khalil Gibran
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. — George S. Patton

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