Hymn Quotes

50 quotes by 46 authors

Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics. — G. H. Hardy
All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There is a land, where the roses are without thorns, where the flowers are not mixed with brambles. In that land, there is eternal spring,… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the… — Margaret Thatcher
It has been said that a bride's attitude towards her betrothed can be summed up in three words: Aisle. Alter. Hymn. — Frank Muir
If we can choose where to cry, at home or with a few people who will be fully understanding, perhaps we will feel easier. But… — Martha Whitmore Hickman
The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili. — Greg Mortenson
In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility… — Hector Berlioz
May we now all rise and sing the eternal school hymn: "Attack. Attack. Attack Attack Attack!" — Danny Baker
A few doors away was the Baptist Church, and as I walked towards it I began to think that people didn't want me to share… — Can Themba
The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords / If when the soul unto the lines accords. — George Herbert
After the tragedy of 9/11 we were on our way to becoming a fledgling Matriotic society until our leaders jumped on the bandwagon of inappropriate… — Cindy Sheehan
I hymn and bless Your uncountable compassion and philanthropy, as You desired to number me with Your chosen servants. Look down, now, upon me the… — Marina of Aguas Santas
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight, for the mystic harmony, linking sense to sound and sight; Lord of… — Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples. — Pablo Neruda
We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn â€” the melody of… — William Mackergo Taylor
It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer â€“ it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for… — Brian Houston
He who was Shri Rama, whose stream of love flowed with resistless might even to the Chandala (the outcaste); Oh, who ever was engaged in… — Swami Vivekananda
A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. — Madame de Stael

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