Swiftness Quotes

33 Swiftness quotes by 32 unique authors

When your weapons are dulled and ardour damped, your strength exhausted and treasure spent, neighboring rulers will take advantage of your distress to act. And… — Sun Tzu
For the production of man a different apprenticeship [from forests] was needed to sharpen the wits and quicken the higher manifestations of intellect - a… — Raymond Dart
I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun, Radiance of moon, Splendour of fire. Speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, Depth of… — Saint Patrick
In our view any awareness is an increment to consciousness, an added light, a reinforcement of psychic coherence. Its swiftness or instantaneity can hide this… — Gaston Bachelard
Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window,… — Oscar Wilde
Swift justice demands more than just swiftness. — Potter Stewart
We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running. — William Shakespeare
There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of… — Bill McCollum
The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no moon. The stars, almost too… — Yasunari Kawabata
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start — Jean de La Fontaine
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which… — Frances E. Willard
Jews are known for many things, but strength, swiftness, and agility are not among them. There is one trait, as controversial as it is familiar,… — Steven Pinker
The charms of the passing woman are generally in direct proportion to the swiftness of her passing. — Marcel Proust
Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its… — J.R.R. Tolkien
At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness,… — Madeleine L'Engle
She was so quiet. So reflective. And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that truly startled, when she knew the people around… — Alice Walker
FALLING STARS: Do you remember still the falling stars that like swift horses through the heavens raced and suddenly leaped across the hurdles of our… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The Master Speed No speed of wind or water rushing by but you have speed far greater. You can climb back up a stream of… — Robert Frost
There is psychological pleasure in this takeoff, too, for the swiftness of the plane’s ascent is an exemplary symbol of transformation. The display of power… — Alain de Botton
Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage… — Unknown Author
Occasionally the very youngness of the young moved him to charity--they had no sense of the swiftness of life, nor of its limits. The years… — Larry McMurtry
It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes… — Emily Dickinson
I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley… — Harper Lee
In the end it was Shadowhunting they had bonded over—a shared love of sharp-edged weapons, gleaming seraph blades, the painful pleasure of burning Marks, the… — Cassandra Clare

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