Nearest Quotes

269 quotes by 229 authors

To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him. — John McGraw
I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest… — Socrates
Fraternal love is the nearest testimony that we can give that Jesus is alive among us. — Pope Francis
You may be asking yourself, 'Am I the right type of person to go to this rally?' The fact that you would even stop to… — Jon Stewart
Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apartâ€”the mutations that make us the sort of creature… — Elizabeth Kolbert
Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g-what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma-to the midpoint of our voyage, and decelerate continuously at… — Carl Sagan
Despite the immense distance between our own solar system (including the earth) and the nearest other solar systems, a journey from one system to another… — Hermann Oberth
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and,… — Adelbert von Chamisso
I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full… — Thomas Jefferson
Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should be available in… — Kevin Myers
Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There's a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the… — Matt Damon
I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing… — Mahatma Gandhi
Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an… — Laurence Olivier
The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. — Socrates
Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand. — Victor Hugo
I THINK the moments we are nearest to heaven are those we spend at the Lordâ€™s table. — Charles Spurgeon
The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and tough times, what seems to matter most is… — Fred Rogers
Shakespeare - The nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God. — Laurence Olivier
We do not always see the things that are nearest to us. We pass by riches that lie close at hand and chase after rainbows. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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