Pierced Quotes

112 Pierced quotes by 96 unique authors

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. — Hosea Ballou
Then sleep the seasons, full of might; While slowly swells the pod, And rounds the peach, and in the night The mushroom bursts the sod.… — Coventry Patmore
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
Again and again, the cicada's untiring cry pierced the sultry summer air like a needle at work on thick cotton cloth. — Yukio Mishima
You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He had undertaken so… — Charles Spurgeon
Those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires, but you can't do that at the foot of the cross. Those… — Johan Oscar Smith
In the pierced heart of the Crucified, God's own heart is opened up - here we see who God is and what he is like.… — Pope Benedict XVI
What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded… — Charles Lindbergh
If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict. In reality, salvation was bought not by Jesus fist,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I was a prefect at school, I never had a tattoo, got a detention or pierced my ears more than once. — Amanda Holden
My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed. — Jennifer Tilly
Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no… — Walter Pater
The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh… — Pope Benedict XVI
I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus. — Bill Hybels
You know the hardest thing about having cerebral palsy and being a woman? It's plucking your eyebrows. That's how I originally got pierced ears. — Geri Jewell
How can I be kind? How can I find bird-relief in the nest-building of day-to-day? Necessity supplies no velvet wing with which to escape. I… — Elizabeth Smart
She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese,… — Jodi Picoult
The word suffering is full and whole and perfect as a pierced heart, sweet, rushing and tender ... Suffering is the joy of someone about… — Lydia Millet
Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge,… — Dante Alighieri
She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns. — Olga Broumas
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she… — Kenji Miyazawa
Jesus is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say to… — Ole Hallesby
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned… — Jean Paul
When a jealous person sees signs of other people's success and good fortune, his heart is pierced with envy. But someone who has learned to… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
This is the ongoing purpose of full attention: to find a thousand ways to be pierced into wholeness. — Mark Nepo

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