Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

Walking at random through the streets, we came by chance upon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. I shall long remember my first impression of the… — Bayard Taylor
A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
What is modern art but the attempt to pinpoint vague, incorporeal, inexpressible sensations? What is modern art, I would add, but the most solemn pile… — Italo Calvino
Expressions of solemn testimony have long been important to the children of God upon the earth. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to… — Jay Nixon
The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that… — William Bennett
In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is… — Arthur Henderson
When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send… — Joe Wilson
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred years, was destroyed… — John Edward Redmond
We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of… — Elias Hicks
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with public perils so numerous, oppressed with responsibilities so high… — Robert Dale Owen
Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and… — Kenneth Grahame
It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of… — Simon Greenleaf
Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain. — John Masefield
Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly… — Mark Twain
Never make people laugh. If you would succeed in life, you must be solemn, solemn as an ass. All great monuments are built over solemn… — Unknown Author
There's nothing more solemn than truth. There's no greater grievance to a tomb than hypocrisy, or a greater tribute to death than truth — Luis Munoz Marin
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD… — Bible
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a… — Bible
One of the strange things about living in the world is that it is only now and then one is quite sure one is going… — Unknown Author
The man consummating his life dies his death triumphantly, surrounded by men filled with hope and making solemn vows. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves… — Eric Hoffer
YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand… — Ambrose Bierce
Why do not words and kiss, and solemn pledge, And nature that is kind in woman's breast, And reason that in man is wise and… — William Wordsworth
A long-lasting marriage is built by two people who believe in -and live by- the solemn promise they made. — Superman

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