Country Quote by Donald G. Mitchell

“I care not how worldly you may be: there are times when all distinctions seem like dust, and when at the graves of the great you dream of a coming country, where your proudest hopes shall be dimmed forever.”

Donald G. Mitchell

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings)

Country Dreams Dust Forever Great Hope Hopes Patriotism Time

More by Donald G. Mitchell

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

The way of a man's heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him - coming from above, and from around; but a…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

The future is wider than vision, and has no end.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

You grow up however, unfortunately, as the college years fly by, into a very exaggerated sense of your own capacities.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

I love better to count time from spring to spring; it seems to me far more cheerful to reckon the year by blossoms than…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

No man's brain is so dull, and no man's eye so blind, that they cannot catch food for dreams.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the est in your…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart.

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer; and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach…

Donald G. Mitchell

Image

Explore all 14 Donald G. Mitchell quotes

More Country quotes

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so…

Maria Sharapova

Image

That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;…

Edward Gibbon

Image

If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding…

Jill Stein

Image

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it…

Nicola Sturgeon

Image

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

Chris Kyle

Image

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

Grace Lee Boggs

Image

It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact…

Dominic Grieve

Image

Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is…

Peter Schiff

Image

That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

Bria Vinaite

Image

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Image

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of…

Mike Pence

Image

In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did…

George Orwell

Image

Browse all 29,423 Country quotes

Country Quote by Donald G. Mitchell

Related quotes

More by Donald G. Mitchell

More Country quotes