Trembling Quotes

244 Trembling quotes by 191 unique authors

A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely… — Lewis H. Lapham
When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses… — Sappho
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root… — Gautama Buddha
He who shall never be divided from me kissed my mouth all trembling. — Dante Alighieri
POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of… — Ambrose Bierce
I care," he said in a trembling voice. "I care so much that I do not know how to tell you without it seeming inconsequential… — Aimee Carter
Emotion should not be rendered by an excited trembling; it can neither be added on nor be imitated. It is the seed, the work is… — Georges Braque
I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig… — Anne Enright
Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips. — Oscar Wilde
You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss… — T.H. White
I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if… — Amy Hempel
It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that preliminary… — Mircea Eliade
It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. Responsibility means recognizing… — Dan Millman
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling… — Charles Caleb Colton
In our parts such characters sometimes turn up that, however many years ago you met them, you can never recall them without an inner trembling. — Unknown Author
Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces and monstrous globular… — Gerald Durrell
Remembering how my mother looked before she gave birth to my sister is frightening. But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them… — Daniel Keyes
Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Light is everything in the world to men's eyes Light thirsts after light yes, the soul, twin to the stars moves through space to find,… — Gunvor Hofmo
Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And all the trembling flowers they bear.… — William Butler Yeats
It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit. — Socrates
I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. — Mark Twain
I can see lights in the distance trembling in the dark cloak of night Candles and lanterns are dancing, dancing a waltz on All Souls… — Loreena McKennitt
Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating. — Mason Cooley
The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and… — Lou Henry Hoover

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