Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

I was trying to cheat death. I was only trying to surmount for a little while the darkness that all my life I surely knew… — Cornell Woolrich
Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can see the person… — Denis Waitley
The Blood of Heroes is surely the best account to date, one that presents plenty of new insights while acting as a corrective-or at least… — William B. Davis
But surely love wouldn't get so much talked about if there were not something in it? — Elizabeth Bowen
Surely nowhere in the world do oppression and persecution based solely on the color of the skin appear more hateful and hideous than in the… — Mary Church Terrell
The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained… — Fred Hoyle
Occam's razor suggests that, if some event is physically plausible, we don't need recourse to more extraordinary claims for its being. Surely the requirement of… — Lawrence M. Krauss
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want… — John Masefield
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it… — Wilma Rudolph
Crisis or transition of any kind reminds us of what matters most. In the routine of life, we often take our families-our parents and children… — M. Russell Ballard
I surely know that there is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood. — M. Russell Ballard
Innovating Women is more important today than ever. Things are changing for the better. The recent announcements by Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and Facebook of their… — Vivek Wadhwa
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither elated by prosperity… — Nichiren
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should… — Jane Goodall
Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the… — Edward Carpenter
Therefore a person fully absorbed in the bodily concept of life is surely killing himself by not making spiritual progress. Such a person is called… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I wrote an album about being in love. I don't think it's possible to write an album while you're in love - why on earth… — Gary Lightbody
It is surely indisputable that no single leader in the twentieth century exerted as great an influence on the course of world history as Lenin. — Dmitri Volkogonov
Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path… — Charles Colson
The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place. — Gary Zukav
Our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better. We have all of us a longing after happiness; and… — Robert Southey
If you do not specify and confront real issues, what you say will surely obscure them. If you do not embody controversy, what you say… — C. Wright Mills
The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. Â… — Aleister Crowley
To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense — Freya Stark

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