Faint Quotes

397 quotes by 329 authors

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. — William Blake
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. — Erma Bombeck
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and… — Carl von Clausewitz
Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart. — George Clooney
It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres. — Marcus Aurelius
It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that… — Henry Ward Beecher
To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray. — Charles Wesley
Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I… — G. Campbell Morgan
When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food. — Sun Tzu
Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall. — Adelaide Crapsey
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it… — William Wilberforce
Let us look for secret things somewhere in the world on the blue shore of silence or where the storm has passed rampaging like a… — Pablo Neruda
The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the… — Benjamin Franklin
Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love -… — Erma Bombeck
Getting old ain't for the faint of heart. — Anthony Hopkins
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did, like… — Max Lerner
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts… — John Barth

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