Ground Quotes

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One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another… — David O. McKay
Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. — Oliver Goldsmith
Why isn't it hip-hop when I do it? Everybody else can have beef within the music, talk about differences and it's ok. It's music, it's… — Tupac Shakur
There should be a burnished tablet let into the ground on the spot where some courageous man first ate Stilton cheese, and survived. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are… — David Whyte
Compassion is like springwater under the ground. Your life is like a pipe that can tap into that underground spring. When you tap into it,… — Dainin Katagiri
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
The real wealth, not only of America, but of the world, is in the resources of the ground we stand on, and in the resources… — Norman Cousins
There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.… — Walt Kelly
Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it… — Wernher von Braun
There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the… — Lynn Davies
The fullest and best ears of corn hang lowest toward the ground. — Christopher Augustine Reynolds
The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with all… — Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
We need the tonic of the wilderness, to wade sometimes in the marsh where the bitten and the meadow hen lurk, and hear the booming… — Henry David Thoreau
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast… — Mark Twain
The way of cowardice is to embed ourselves in a cocoon, in which we perpetuate our habitual patterns. When we are constantly recreating our basic… — Chogyam Trungpa
There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground. — Ben Hogan
Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt. — Fletcher Knebel
Jesus Christ is to me the outstanding personality of all time, all history, both as Son of God and as Son of Man. Everything he… — Sholem Asch

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