Tempest Quotes

91 quotes by 77 authors

If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep, The sky if no longer dark tempests deform; When our perils are past shall our gratitude… — George Canning
Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost. — William Cowper
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of… — William Cowper
What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By… — Oliver Goldsmith
He that marries is like the dogs who was married to the Adriatic. He knows not what there is in that which he marries; mayhap… — Heinrich Heine
Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds… — Homer
Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest-threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth — John Ford
It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in these western woods ... Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since… — John Muir
When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on… — Saint Francis de Sales
I, methought, while the sweet breath of heaven Was blowing on my body, felt within A correspondent breeze, that gently moved With quickening virtue, but… — William Wordsworth
A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing… — Daphne Guinness
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. — Epictetus
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. — Epicurus
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. — John Muir
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that… — Albert Schweitzer
As long as the firmament of the You is spread over me, the tempests of causality cower at my heels, and whirl of doom congeals. — Martin Buber
The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood.… — Margaret Sanger
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm,… — Pythagoras
From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying that tomorrow would… — Banana Yoshimoto

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