Grandeur Quotes

236 quotes by 196 authors

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them… — Pietro Aretino
Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur. — Matthew Arnold
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and… — Albert Camus
Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of… — Jean Cocteau
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
We continue, however, to write about important people, prize-winning people, blacks of grandeur, women of great fire, fame or wit. We do not write about… — Jonathan Kozol
War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible. — Charles Sumner
Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping of their wings… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . .… — Henry David Thoreau
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Religion is not based on belief or faith: religion is based on awe, religion is based on wonder. Religion is based on the mysterious that… — Rajneesh
From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,… — Robert Burns
I am convinced that all our attempts to change the letter of the law and to reeducate people have been, and are, merely band-aid solutions… — Ravi Zacharias
Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur… — Horace Mann
Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but… — John Stuart Mill
A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we… — Samuel Johnson
There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
If we must accept fate we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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