Nearer Quotes

328 quotes by 268 authors

I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more… — Dido Armstrong
The sunlight ranges over the universe, and at incarnation we step out of it into the twilight of the body, and see but dimly during… — Annie Besant
I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions. — Jacqueline Bisset
I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened. — Helena Bonham Carter
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of… — Margaret Cavendish
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to… — Lord Chesterfield
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think. — Brother Lawrence
The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in-as-much as he who knows nothing is nearer to… — Thomas Jefferson
In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land. — Herbert Hoover
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you… — Elbert Hubbard
As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace… — John Owen
Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou comest… — Thomas Adams
He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest. — Alexander Pope
Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other. — Han Suyin
The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them… — Max Lucado
Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with… — Arthur Eddington
We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation within a sphere described with… — Immanuel Kant
The scientist knows very well that he is approaching ultimate truth only in an asymptotic curve and is barred from ever reaching it; but at… — Konrad Lorenz

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