Vain Quotes

986 Vain quotes by 692 unique authors

For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world… — Virginia Woolf
Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels… — Wilfred Owen
The mind-is not the heart. I may yet live, as I know others live, To wish in vain to let go with the mind- Of… — Robert Frost
But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have destroyed the Ring.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
All your scholarship would be in vain if at the same time you do not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and… — Mahatma Gandhi
She was in that highly-wrought state when the reasoning powers act with great rapidity: the state a man is in before a battle or a… — Leo Tolstoy
I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea,… — Joseph Conrad
If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light… — Helen Keller
But words are vain; reject them all— They utter but a feeble part: Hear thou the depths from which they call, The voiceless longing of… — George MacDonald
What is life? Thoughts and feelings arise, with or without our will, and we employ words to express them. We are born, and our birth… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't. But more than anything else, God love admiration. You saying God… — Alice Walker
All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make… — Lewis Carroll
Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith… — Elisabeth Elliot
i shall imagine life is not worth dying,if (and when)roses complain their beauties are in vain but though mankind persuades itself that every weed's a… — E E Cummings
Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with… — Khalil Gibran
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!… — Patrick Henry
Good-bye, my moonsong and my breath, my white nights and golden days, my fresh water and my fire. Good-bye, and may you find a better… — Paullina Simons
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand,… — Edmund Spenser
Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use foul language. We… — Spencer W. Kimball
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of… — Samuel Adams
The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift, The road is forlorn all day, Where a myriad snowy quartz stones lift, And the hoof-prints vanish away.… — Robert Frost
It is equally vain,” she thought, “for you to think you can protect me, or for me to think I can worship you. The light… — Virginia Woolf
What is it with me? Am I absolutely nobody, but merely inordinately vain? I do not know…. But I am most fearfully unhappy. That is… — Katherine Mansfield

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