Leisure Quote by Hal Borland Download Open image “There is a leisure about walking, no matter what pace you set, that lets down the tension.” — Hal Borland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Leisure Let down Matter No matter what Pace Tension Walking
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My business is only to keep myself in motion, whilst motion pleases me; I only walk for the walk's sake. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I challenge anyone… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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Now it is time to sit quiet, face to face with thee, and to sing dedication of life in this silent and overflowing leisure. — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
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