Faint Quotes

397 quotes by 318 authors

There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences, no creeks or trees, no hills or fields. If there was a road, I could not… — Willa Cather
Joy and amazement of the beauty and grandeur of this world of which man can just form a faint notion... — Albert Einstein
There is a place where time stands still ...illuminated by only the most feeble red light, for light is diminished to almost nothing at the… — Alan Lightman
Our minds are susceptible to the influence of external voices telling us what we require to be satisfied, voices that may drown out the faint… — Alain de Botton
The memory came faint and cold of the story I might have told, a story in the likeness of my life, I mean without the… — Samuel Beckett
A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat. — Hannah More
Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a part that has… — Richard Schmid
In London it had seemed impossible to travel without the proper evening clothes. One could see an invitation arriving for an Embassy ball or something.… — Robert Edison Fulton, Jr.
Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to those men whose inner life is faint. — William E. Woodward
It was the tenderness mingled with melancholy which we bring to a time that belongs irrevocably to the past, when a pale, delicate shadow rises… — Robert Musil
I am undecided whether or not the Milky Way is but one of countless others all of which form an entire system. Perhaps the light… — Johann Heinrich Lambert
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to an ancient fable,… — Henry David Thoreau
Over our manhood bend the skies; Against our fallen and traitor lives The great winds utter prophecies; With our faint hearts the mountain strives, Its… — James Russell Lowell
There is no death-the thing that we call death Is but another, sadder name for life, Which is itself an insufficient name, Faint recognition of… — Richard Henry Stoddard
[V]ariety of climate should always go with stability of abode.... an Englishmanâ€™s house is not only his castle; it is his fairy castle. Clouds and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright… — Logan Pearsall Smith
Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain. — Colley Cibber
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. — Marilyn vos Savant
A laugh is the loud echo of a sigh; a sigh the faint echo of a laugh. — Sean O'Casey
I know of a world that is sunk in shame, Where hearts oft faint and tire; But I know of a Name, a precious Name,… — J. Chapman

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