Winds Quotes

601 quotes by 460 authors

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. — Frederick Tennyson
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. — Lucretius
Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in various… — William Davenant
The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather. — William Henry Ashley
O but we dreamed to mend Whatever mischief seemed To afflict mankind, but now That winds of winter blow Learn that we were crack-pated when… — William Butler Yeats
Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young. — Bob Dylan
All green and fair the summer lies, Just budded from the bud of spring, With tender blue of wistful skies, And winds that softly sing. — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
I return to the newborn world, and the soft-soil fields, What their first birthing lifted to the shores Of light, and trusted to the wayward… — Lucretius
When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is… — John Ruskin
Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial; Except by… — Howard Mumford Jones
Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two up… — Alan Sillitoe
Perhaps if human desire is said out loud, the urban planes, the prisons, the architectural mirrors will take off, as airplanes do. The black planes… — Kathy Acker
If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose,… — Napoleon Hill
The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames; The garden-walks are passional To bachelors and dames. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her… — William C. Bryant
In the beginning, in the time that was no time, nothing existed but the Womb. And the Womb was a limitless dark cauldron of all… — Barbara G. Walker
True freedom has more to do with following the North Star than going whichever way the wind blows.Â Sometimes it seems like freedom is blowing… — Mary Pipher
To lose our connection with the body is to become spiritually homeless. Â Without an anchor we float aimlessly, battered by the winds and waves… — Anodea Judith
It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes… — Unknown Author

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