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Hands Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Come my little one, and give me your hand.
- It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.
- One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
- The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry, "Here we are."…
- The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.
- Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it…
- Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with…
- Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.
- When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to…
- The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the…
- He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
- One mind is enough for a thousand hands.
- Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it…
More Hands Quotes
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- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf