Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

An idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left. — Lawrence Durrell
Wretched unfair, it is,” he remarked. “Of the three of us, I’m the one who’s always collected the rare and unusual, yet you two managed… — Jeaniene Frost
I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside… — Ilchi Lee
He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden. — Anthony Trollope
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner… — Eric Hoffer
Knowledge of the truth I may perhaps have attained to; happiness certainly not. What shall I do? Accomplish something in the world, men tell me.… — Soren Kierkegaard
Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the… — Eknath Easwaran
Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists. — Anita Brookner
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour. — Baron de Montesquieu
Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to… — Dee Hock
The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence. — John F. Kennedy
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer. — Ed Cunningham
This isn't one of those rare diseases that we don't have the solution for. We know how to fix hunger. — Josette Sheeran
If you meet at dinner a man who has spent his life in educating himself - a rare type in our time ... you rise… — Oscar Wilde
What a person says and does in ordinary moments when when no one is looking reveals more about true character than grand actions taken while… — Michael Josephson
Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in… — William Osler
April's rare capricious loveliness. — Julia Caroline Dorr
How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak. — Francois Fenelon
We who work in technology have nurtured an especially rare gift: the opportunity to effect change at an unprecedented scale and rate. Technology, community, and… — Justin Rosenstein
My disease is a very rare form of muscular dystrophy, called disautonomic mitochondrial myopathy. — Mattie Stepanek
In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In America, libel is very rare and much harder… — Graydon Carter
The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become… — Charles Jencks
My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in her medical school… — Kelsey Chow
Every day, all of us at Gannett are given the rare and sacred opportunity to affect change for the good in the communities we serve,… — Gracia Martore

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