Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely… — Patrick Carman
Franny has the measles, for one thing. Incidentally, did you hear her last week? She went on at beautiful length about how she used to… — J D Salinger
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations.… — Derrick Jensen
Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy tale. — Lewis Carroll
Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere-come and… — John Lennon
He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune. — Jim Davis
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return! — Rudyard Kipling
Surely love is both work and wages. — Richard Baxter
Imagine how our own families, let alone the world, would change if we vowed to keep faith with one another, strengthen one another, look for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The… — Abraham Lincoln
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If… — Grace Paley
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is… — Mahatma Gandhi
What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took?… — Kazuo Ishiguro
He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head. — Stephen R. Donaldson
There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do… — Richard Paul Evans
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces.… — Edward Abbey
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should… — Charles Dickens
I could never have been a pacifist. To kill a man was surely to grant him an immeasurable benefit. Oh yes, people always, everywhere, loved… — Graham Greene
The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there… — Markus Zusak
Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed,… — Thomas de Quincey
Sometimes I doubt and sometimes I believe. And I like not making myself believe when I am doubting, and not making myself doubt when I… — Hugh Prather
Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at… — Libba Bray
I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest — so sweetly… — Joshua Chamberlain
It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much. — George Eliot
Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand. — Flann O'Brien

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