Winston Churchill Quotes, Eye Quotes, Effort Quotes

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.

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Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.

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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

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"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life~~no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair."

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Nature Quotes , Eye Quotes

Narrow is the mansion of my soul; enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; repair Thou it. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry, save Thee? Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults, and spare Thy servant from the power of the enemy. I believe, and therefore do I speak.

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LOOK back on time with kindly eyes, He doubtless did his best; How softly sinks his trembling sun In human nature's west!

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That was the birth of sin. Not doing it, but KNOWING about it. Before the apple, [Adam and Eve] had shut their eyes and their minds had gone dark. Now, they peeped and pried and imagined. They watched themselves.

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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Eye Quotes

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

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What power is it which mounts my love so high, that makes me see, and cannot feed mine eye

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The best work we can all do is create the highest vision possible for our lives and be led by that vision to the greatest good.

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Promising is the very air o' the time; it opens the eyes of expectation.

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My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out.

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Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Heart Quotes , Eye Quotes

I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one's eyes and wait, come what may . . .

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Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Fall Quotes , Eye Quotes

If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, And I will look on both indifferently; For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honor more than I fear death.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Eye Quotes , Names Quotes

Can rules or tutors educate The semigod whom we await? He must be musical, Tremulous, impressional, Alive to gentle influence Of landscape and of sky And tender to the spirit-touch Of man's or maiden's eye.

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The past is always with us, in the form of our photographs, which we feel as we might a rosary, wearing them smooth with the fingering of our eyes.

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Tags : A. D. Coleman Quotes , Eye Quotes , Past Quotes

You men have none of you any hearts.' 'If we have not hearts, we have eyes; and they give us torment enough.

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Tags : Jane Austen Quotes , Heart Quotes , Eye Quotes

When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness. Go to the inner place where there is no problem, and abide in the consciousness of well-being.

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Tags : Alan Cohen Quotes , Eye Quotes , Perfection Quotes

To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful... It does not take much strength to lift a hair, it does not take sharp eyes to see the sun and moon, it does not take sharp ears to hear the thunderclap.

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Tags : Sun Tzu Quotes , War Quotes , Eye Quotes

When Eleanor's arm touched his he felt his hands grow cold with deadly fear lest he should lose the shadow brush with which his imagination was painting wonders of her. He watched her from the corners of his eyes as ever he did when he walked with her-- she was a feast and a folly and he wished it had been his destiny to sit forever on a haystack and see life through her green eyes.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Eye Quotes , Destiny Quotes