Surpassing Quotes
53 quotes by 46 authors
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We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for…
— Harry S. Truman
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Prayer changes from entreaty to thanksgiving, and meditation on the divine truths of faith fills the heart with a sense of jubilation and unimpeachable hope.…
— Gregory Palamas
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Given that we desire long life, should we not take eternal life into account? If we long for a kingdom which, however enduring, has an…
— Gregory Palamas
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It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
— Howard Carter
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Imitating paper isn't the goal; the goal is surpassing paper.
— Mark Bernstein
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It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
— Herodotus
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Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that…
— Phil Jackson
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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
— Hafez
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We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust,…
— Pranab Mukherjee
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Nothing is harmful to literature except censorship, and that almost never stops literature going where it wants to go either, because literature has a way…
— Ali Smith
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The economic transmission of power without wires is of all-surpassing importance to man. By its means he will gain complete mastery of the air, the…
— Nikola Tesla
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When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in…
— Tycho Brahe
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Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is.…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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One need not be a Chamber — to be Haunted— One need not be a House— The Brain — has Corridors — surpassing Material Place—…
— Emily Dickinson
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The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified.
— Emily Dickinson
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Indeed, as we begin the twenty-first century, the money and traditional economies are slowly destroying their own support system. Increasing demands of the two economies…
— Stuart L. Hart
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Alas! I have nor hope nor health, Nor peace within nor calm around, Nor that content surpassing wealth The sage in meditation found.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Carole King's second album, 'Tapestry,' has fulfilled the promise of her first and confirmed the fact that she is one of the most creative figures…
— Jon Landau
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The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express…
— Johannes Tauler
Who Wrote These Surpassing Quotes
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