Wonder Quotes

5227 quotes by 3229 authors

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to… — Chinua Achebe
'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at… — Saint Augustine
As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes… — Diane Ackerman
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. — Teresa of Avila
I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now… — Teresa of Avila
I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and… — Teresa of Avila
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents… — Diane Ackerman
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just phenomenal. No wonder I became… — Amitabh Bachchan
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. — Walter Bagehot
Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder. — Russell Baker
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. — Ansel Adams
When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under… — Joyce Banda
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense,… — Drew Barrymore
I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. — John Barrymore
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination… — John Adams
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I… — John Adams
I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat? — Clara Barton

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