Stands Before Quotes

33 Stands Before quotes by 31 unique authors

The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery… — Louis Agassiz
Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not my will, but thine, be… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands… — Ernst Gombrich
Humanity stands ... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime… — Svante Arrhenius
Every being has its own interior, its self, its mystery, its numinous aspect. To deprive any being of this sacred quality is to disrupt the… — Thomas Berry
Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women living on the… — James Taylor
God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in him. His dynamic… — Pope Benedict XVI
But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. In… — Ronald Reagan
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. — Melody Beattie
I remember the first time we stood in this spot. We were on the deck of a boat in the middle of what was then… — Michael Eisner
It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed… — Vincent Van Gogh
A lover cannot be chosen a la smorgasbord. A lover has to be chosen from soul-craving. To choose just because something mouthwatering stands before ou… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time… — Alexis Carrel
When a child of the streets stands before you in rags, with a tear-stained face, you cannot easily forget him. And yet, you are perplexed… — Charles Loring Brace
Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order… — James H. Cone
At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands before our camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than… — Robert Adams
Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love… — Octavius Winslow
For three days now this angel, almost too heavenly for earth has been my fiancée ... Life stands before me like an eternal spring with… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Fortunate Newton, happy childhood of science. Nature to him was an open book. He stands before us strong, certain, and alone. — Albert Einstein
I can't help thousands, I can help only the one who stands before me. — Mother Teresa
No sin is committed merely because a thought enters the mind, provided it is not made welcome. Perhaps we may use the figure that the… — Norman Vincent Peale
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him… — Khalil Gibran
Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns… — Gene Wolfe
We too, must shatter the mirrors. We must look in to ourselves and root out the distortions until that thing which we know in our… — Garth Stein

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