Accustomed Quote by Eleanor H. Porter

Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.”

— Kate Chopin

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which…

— Pericles

Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul,…

— William Wordsworth

When we were told it's impossible, we knew it's the right way to be done.

— Joe Sutter

“There was no such thing as impossible. I knew that, because I also knew that everything was impossible, and so the only possibilities in…

— Matt Haig

I'd known the Duke of Edinburgh over a period of 40 years, so I'd long been accustomed to his sense of humor.

— Gyles Brandreth

She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves… They belonged to her her and were…

— Kate Chopin

“[F]or grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which…

— Pericles

I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of…

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.

— Edward Greenspon

Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense…

— Jon Krakauer