Harp Quotes

96 Harp quotes by 79 unique authors

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over… — Oscar Wilde
Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in… — John Keble
The willow tree plays the water like a harp. — Ramon Gomez de la Serna
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I… — David
If you're a fan of American roots music, you won't want to miss 'Awake My Soul--The Story of the Sacred Harp.' Filmmakers Matt and Erica… — Eric Zorn
Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings. — John Boyle O'Reilly
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while… — Diogenes
I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a… — Zora Neale Hurston
I don't harp on what I could change about the past, because I can't go back and change it. But definitely a lot of things… — Vanilla Ice
It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been. — Christopher Reeve
I am no king, and I am no lord, And I am no soldier at-arms," said he. "I'm none but a harper, and a very… — Peter S. Beagle
But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires. — James Joyce
The thirst for something other than what we have…to bring something new, even if it is worse, some emotion, some sorrow; when our sensibility, which… — Marcel Proust
The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all… — Adolf Hitler
Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of… — James Joyce
When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; Water, fire, stone; Five… — Susan Cooper
If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things;… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though… — John Muir
The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas mourned their fate, while the Concertmaster showed off. The Flutes did bird imitations…repeatedly, and… — Daniel Handler
Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds. — Khalil Gibran
I hold it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Christ is building His kingdom with earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but… — J.R. Miller
Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings. — John Muir

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