Splendor Quotes

205 Splendor quotes by 175 unique authors

Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the… — Harold Bloom
But enough is enough. One turns at last even from glory itself with a sigh of relief. From the depths of mystery, and even from… — Annie Dillard
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. — Charles de Gaulle
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor. — Horace
If words were adequate to describe fully what the dance can do, there would be no reason for all the mighty muscular effort, the discomfort,… — Jose Limon
The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which… — John D. Rockefeller
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you will live long… — Mark Helprin
First of all there will appear to you, swifter than lightning, the luminous splendor of the colorless light of Emptiness, and that will surround you… — Gautama Buddha
How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness! And… — Pope Clement I
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie… — Kalidasa
Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign… — Unknown Author
I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful to labor, or… — Robert Green Ingersoll
You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than… — Robinson Jeffers
Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? — Pablo Neruda
Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since… — Muhammad Iqbal
In whatever country you live, however young or inadequate you feel, or however aged or limited you see yourself as being, I testify you are… — Jeffrey R. Holland
In overstepping our limitations, in touching the extreme boundaries of man's world, we have come to know something of its true splendor, — Maurice Herzog
For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are… — John Calvin
American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep… — Harvey Pekar
In short, Beauty is everywhere. It is not that she is lacking to our eye, but our eyes which fail to perceive her. Beauty is… — Auguste Rodin
Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to keep truthful track of the logical sequence of past events;… — Milan Kundera
Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor. — Samuel Johnson
Beyond doubt, there was a certain splendor in pain, which bore a deep affinity to the splendor that lies hidden within strength. — Yukio Mishima
I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are… — Jules Massenet

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