Faint Quotes

397 quotes by 318 authors

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood. — Michael Crichton
We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged.... — Andrei Sakharov
Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and… — William Penn
You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter. — Ralph Bunche
Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived. — Bertrand Russell
All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy… — Nellie Bly
Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence . If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but having… — Matthew Henry
I am mistaken if a single epigram included fails to preserve at least some faint thrill of the emotion through which it had to pass… — Arthur Quiller-Couch
In the Great War, there is no room for the faint-hearted, the cowardly. A criminal or an anarchist will be better conditioned than a bourgeois,… — Miguel Serrano
I am no faint-heart when it comes to the unpleasant truth. Indeed I have always taken a bracing sort of pleasure in facing it. — Jude Morgan
The aster greets us as we pass With her faint smile. — Sarah Helen Whitman
Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart. — Malcolm Gladwell
In order to live fully we may need to look deeply at our own suffering and at the suffering of others. In the depths of… — Rachel Naomi Remen
The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show. A companion with whom I was sailing one… — Henry David Thoreau
It occurs to me as I write that this "white light," usually presented dippily (evidence of afterlife, higher power), is in fact precisely consistent with… — Joan Didion
I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of… — Elwyn Brooks White
The stream sings a subdued music, a scarcely audible lilt, faint and fluid syllables not quite said. It slips away into its future, where it… — John Daniel
When the wind is right, a faint odor of kerosene is exhaled from Senator McCarthy. — Ray Bradbury
A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac. — Laura Miller
If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously… — Oswald Chambers

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