Great Distance Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to… — Sun Tzu
We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporising ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights; (6)… — Sun Tzu
When you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person. — Sally Ride
The pavilion that seems to be hiding you from God may be fear of man rather than this desire to serve others. The Savior's only… — Henry B. Eyring
I was shown a fledgling learning to fly. It's first efforts were very feeble. But as it used its wings more and more, they became… — Eileen Caddy
We live our lives by philosophies, amid worldly affairs and occupations that totally absorb us and are a great distance from the manger. In all… — Pope Benedict XVI
When I see a head from a great distance, it ceases to be a sphere and becomes an extreme confusion falling down into the abyss. — Alberto Giacometti
You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner — Alberto Salazar
Read poems to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read them while you're alone in an otherwise dark… — Edward Hirsch
There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near. — Leonardo da Vinci
Now we're like planets, holding to each other from a great distance. [...] Now we're hundreds of miles apart, our short arms keep us lonely,… — Anne Michaels
But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns. — John James Audubon
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn… — Charles Caleb Colton
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so… — Nikki Giovanni
If it wasnâ€™t for the mist we could see your home across the bay," said Gatsby. "You always have a green light that burns at… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In youth,' he said, speaking as if from a great distance, 'we believe, and the death of belief forces us to disavow all belief. But… — Michelle Sagara
Holmes had cultivated the ability to still the noise of the mind, by smoking his pipe and playing nontunes on the violin. He once compared… — Laurie R. King
He felt strangely numb. As though from a great distance, he was aware that he was being beaten. The last sensations of pain left him.… — Jack London
It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you. — Amy Bloom

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