Faint Quotes

397 quotes by 325 authors

The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart -- it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence… — Rich Mullins
These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Satin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love. — William Maxwell
O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of… — Phoebe Cary
I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows, The timid, bashful violet Or the royal-hearted rose: The pansy in purple… — Phoebe Cary
The Christian soldier must avoid two evils - he must not faint or yield in the time of fight, and after a victory he must… — George Downame
The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned, The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet, The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;… — Berton Braley
I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for… — Tina Fey
Be strong: we are not here to play, to dream, to drift, we have hard work to do and loads to lift, shun not the… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, piercing sounds,… — Alberto Santos-Dumont
Above me I saw something I did not believe at first. Well above the haze layer of the earth's atmosphere were additonal faint thin bands… — David G. Simons
This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit. To see the… — Mark Twain
The lime trees were in bloom. But in the early morning only a faint fragrance drifted through the garden, an airy message, an aromatic echo… — Isak Dinesen
Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee… — William Cowper
Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, night, has flown Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at the gate alone: And… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
O Love! they die in yon rich sky, They faint on hill or field or river: Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There are two types of compassion. One - is faint-hearted and sentimental. Actually, it is nothing more than impatience of the heart, that is hurrying… — Stefan Zweig
It is not merely the brevity by which the haiku isolates a particular group of phenomena from all the rest; nor its suggestiveness, through which… — Reginald Horace Blyth
The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint… — T.H. White
A light snow, a snow so faint and small-bodied that it seems nothing more than a manifestation of the cold. — James Salter

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