Hushed Quotes

53 quotes by 48 authors

A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step… — Eric Sloane
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade… — Edgar Mitchell
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision,… — Leigh Hunt
A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, So sweet, so soft, so hushed an air; And, deepening still the dreamlike charm, Wild moor-sheep feeding… — Emily Bronte
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything… — Patricia Hampl
I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left… — Kenny Chesney
And, as for me, if, by any possibility, there be any as yet undiscovered prime thing in me; if I shall ever deserve any real… — Herman Melville
I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To… — William Wordsworth
No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting… — Samuel Johnson
Snow falling softly on lashes of eyes you love, and a cold cheek growing warm next to your own in hushed dark familial December. — James Schuyler
Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in… — Emanuel Ax
But hushed be every thought that springs From out the bitterness of things. — William Wordsworth
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,… — Jennifer Worth
Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems… — John Jakes
He knows well the evening star, and once when he awoke, in a most distressful mood (some inward pain had made up that strange thing,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full of snow. — Parker J. Palmer
These unwritten amenities have been in part responsible for giving our people the feeling of independence and self-confidence, the feeling of creativity. These amenities have… — William O. Douglas
O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief... Retard the sun with gentle… — Robert Frost
Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. — Abraham Lincoln

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