Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by. For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to… — Ernst Junger
I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his… — Arthur Miller
Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit. It… — Ansel Adams
It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. — Jimmy Carter
There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating. — Louis Leakey
The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is obvious… — Bill Mollison
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naÃ¯ve - because art takes us and… — Toni Morrison
Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the… — Zig Ziglar
If a fish is born in your aquarium and you call him John, write out a birth certificate, tell him about his family history, and… — Eckhart Tolle
You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that… — Pema Chodron
Nothing is more tragic - or more common - than mental inertia. — Napoleon Hill
I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines, — Rand Paul
The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real. — Billy Graham
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching… — Henry Ford
Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is. — Max Lucado
The Christian family is under attack on all fronts. Christian marriages are disintegrating at an alarming rate. Children are not receiving the proper training and… — Jim George
I was 21 and looking for work in 1932, one of the worst years of the Great Depression. And I can remember one bleak night… — Ronald Reagan
Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances. — Toni Morrison
If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play — Tupac Shakur
If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though He has often… — C.S. Lewis

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