Pierce Quotes

149 quotes by 131 authors

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. — Saint Augustine
Take this to heart and doubt not that you are the one who killed Christ. Your sins certainly did, and when you see the nails… — Martin Luther
And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets… — Clinton Scollard
We've the new hard-steel, though why they're all so hot to pay twice the price when men're soft as clay and even wood will pierce… — Janet Morris
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body. — George Santayana
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. — Henry Ward Beecher
Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief. — William Shakespeare
Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is an unholy god,… — R C Sproul
Pity is like a knife, sometimes, and it may pierce one who employs it more shrewdly than the victim it would save. — Edwin Arlington Robinson
The story of Warner Brothers' movie, 'Mildred Pierce,' recounts the enormous and unrewarded sacrifices that a mother (Joan Crawford) makes for her spoiled, greedy daughter… — Manny Farber
I went out a couple of times with Pierce. He's totally recognizable, and he makes no effort to tone it down. Some people were glancing… — Robert Pattinson
...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she… — William Crookes
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow.… — Anthony of Padua
It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path… — Caroline Myss
I feel very honored to be playing with Bill Pierce. He's such a great musician. — Kevin Eubanks
No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. — Isaac Babel
May Jack-o-lanterns burning bright, Of soft and golden hue, Pierce through the future's veil and show, What fate now holds for you? — Jerry Smith
My neighbor Alice Pierce is fond of singing folk music to her garden plants. Thinks it makes them grow or something. The Major had often… — Helen Simonson
Except perhaps to our God, we all have a facade, even to our closest friends; some of us even to ourselves. . . . .… — Melvin Belli
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air. — John Bunyan

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