Surroundings Quotes

328 Surroundings quotes by 276 unique authors

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings. — Leona Lewis
I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. — Maya Lin
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements. — Orison Swett Marden
Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified,… — Orison Swett Marden
Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of… — Joyce Meyer
A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from… — Ivor Novello
Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home. — Michael Phelps
I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. — River Phoenix
Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause… — Peace Pilgrim
You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where… — Mia Wasikowska
Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in… — Joseph Conrad
Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I do not know if it has ever been noted before that one of the main characteristics of life is discreteness. Unless a film of… — Vladimir Nabokov
The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of… — Pope Benedict XVI
Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves. — Corrie Ten Boom
Some people prefer solitude. They say their peace of mind depends on this. Others say they would be better off in church. If you do… — Meister Eckhart
Each of us is several, is many,is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the same as the… — Fernando Pessoa
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though… — Ralph Ellison
Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about… — Michael Crichton
Tell me again what we're doing here," I said, running a continuous scan of our surroundings. Fang popped some Cracker Jack into his mouth. "We're… — James Patterson
You can neither lie to a neighbourhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life into proposed neighbourhood… — Jane Jacobs
One's attitude toward life makes every possible difference in one's living. You know, you don't have to study a thousand ancient books to discover that… — L. Ron Hubbard
Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel… — Craig Thompson
Begin this moment, wherever you find yourself, and take no thought of the morrow. Look not to Russia, China, India, not to Washington, not to… — Henry Miller
a fool forgetting all the ideals and joys I knew before, in my recent years of drinking and disappointment, what does he care if he… — Jack Kerouac

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