Quotes by Imagination Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin. William Robertson Smith strongimaginationideas A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share. William Rosenberg passionleaderimagination The works of a person that begin immediately to decay, while those of him who plants begin directly to improve. In this, planting promises a more lasting pleasure than building; which, were it to remain in equal perfection, would at best begin to moulder and want repairs in imagination. Now trees have a circumstance that suits our taste, and that is annual variety. William Shenstone imaginationperfectiontree Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at truth are among the first requisites of discovery; but the erroneous guesses must almost of necessity be many times as numerous as those which prove well founded. William Stanley Jevons fertilityimaginationdiscovery To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. William Temple imaginationmindheart The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction. William Trevor understandingimaginationthinking Imagination is the first step in creation whether in words or trifles. The mental pattern must always precede the material form. William Walker Atkinson patternsimaginationart Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or so immediately our concern, as those which let us into the knowledge of our own nature. Others may exercise the understanding or amuse the imagination; but these only can improve the heart and form the human mind to wisdom. William Warburton imaginationexerciseheart Enthusiasm is that temper of the mind in which the imagination has got the better of the judgment. William Warburton imaginationenthusiasmmind But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation. William Wordsworth rivalslightimagination Then blame not those who, by the mightiest lever William Wordsworth leversimaginationworld Imagination, which in truth William Wordsworth imaginationpowernames Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality. William Wordsworth imaginationmeanreality The last adventure left on this planet is creativity because we've been everywhere. There's not much left to explore. But there's a lot of exploration left in the human imagination. Wim Wenders creativityimaginationadventure This alone is to be feared - the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of the spirit. The death of the body is to that, I think, a little thing. Winifred Holtby imaginationsleepthinking I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. William Shakespeare ambitiousimaginationgiving Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them. Winston Churchill greatest-fearimaginationgiving All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. Wislawa Szymborska imaginationagreementreality For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander? Witold Rybczynski wanderimaginationhome The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart imaginationlongthinking«163164165166167168169170171172173»
