Torch Quotes

185 quotes by 160 authors

Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She had never before… — Elizabeth Gilbert
After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like… — Elizabeth George Speare
History is the torch that is meant to illuminate the past, to guard us against the repetition of our mistakes of other days. We cannot… — Claude Bowers
Love is natural. Back of allceremony burns and will forever burn the sacred flame. There has been no time in the world's history when that… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it. — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In this society the young people from the cities and from the countryside, professionals or not, often unemployed, have all means to join and reinforce… — Martin Almada
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. — Faith Baldwin
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of Liberty… — Chauncey Depew
The Occupy Wall Street project feels like a burning ember that might light the torch of justice and inflame our longing for freedom. — James A. Forbes
The torch relay is an excellent embodiment of all that the Olympic Games have come to symbolise - a celebration of the human spirit. Personally… — Lakshmi Mittal
Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing… — Martin Jacques
I have run with the Olympic Torch during the 2012 summer games in London and the 2014 winter games in Sochi. — Ban Ki-moon
I was mad about the theatre growing up, really mad. We had a local theatre, the Torch, and I used to usher there. I would… — Sarah Waters
Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space… — Lucretius
We have been frustrated that there are a number of incumbents in Maryland offices who have been in office for years and years and show… — John Mahoney
Enter with the torch in the stadium. 80,000 people screaming. I was waiting downstairs for the start for 10 hours; I was so tired with… — Alberto Tomba
I will carry on the torch of reviving Japan that the Democratic Party received from the people. — Naoto Kan
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its… — George Bernard Shaw
Television often cannot cover the passing of the torch without fanning the flames in the process. — Martin Schram

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