Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

You've got to be fairly solemn [about the environment]. I mean the mere notion that there are three times as many people on Earth as… — David Attenborough
War can so easily be gilt with romance and heroism and solemn national duty and patriotism and the like by persons whose superficial literary and… — George Bernard Shaw
Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times… — Edwin Percy Whipple
We have made covenants so to do solemn, sacred, holy covenants, pledging ourselves before gods and angels. We are under covenant to live the law… — Bruce R. McConkie
I promise you, if you will heed the voice of warning of the Holy Ghost and will follow His direction, you will be blessed with… — L. Tom Perry
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have… — Charles Churchill
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for… — Samuel Adams
I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural, the abbot seemed to me,… — Adolf Hitler
In this way they went on, and on, and on-in the language of the story-books-until at last the village lights appeared before them, and the… — Charles Dickens
When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in vision flame, her forest trees… — Walter de La Mare
But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see… — Thomas Merton
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything… — Patricia Hampl
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost,… — Abraham Lincoln
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared… — James Madison
Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable… — Helen Keller
In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You… — Abraham Lincoln
I don't seem to get solemn about it, and some people might not understand. That's why I never talk about it. I think it's all… — Carole Lombard
It must be thoroughly understood that the lost land will never be won back by solemn appeals to the God, nor by hopes in any… — Adolf Hitler
Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. — John Ruskin
It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will? — Edward Abbey
Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… — George Washington
The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these… — W. Edwards Deming
It is a very solemn delusion when ministers think they are prospering, and yet do not hear of conversions. — Charles Spurgeon
It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one… — Samuel Adams
Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with… — Barack Obama

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