Quotes by Spring It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise. J. R. R. Tolkien summerspringmen In lang, lang days o' simmer, James Ballantine summerrainspring As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. James Allen a-man-thinkethspringmen Scepticism, like wisdom, springs out in full panoply only from the brain of a god, and it is little profit to see an idea in its growth, unless we track its seed to the power which sowed it. James Anthony Froude trackspringideas The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. James Allen self-esteemsuccessspring The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last. Henry David Thoreau memorablewinterspring His face was sad and stern because of the doom that was laid on him, and yet hope dwelt ever in the depths of his heart, from which mirth would arise at times like a spring from a rock. J. R. R. Tolkien rocksheartspring When the Divine Artist would produce a poem, He plants a germ of it in a human soul, and out of that soul the poem springs and grows as from the rose-tree the rose. James A. Garfield artistrosespring Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the harp on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow; The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the deadwood burning, Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? J. R. R. Tolkien horserainspring When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon. James Crumley drinkingheartspring The young pines springing up in the corn-fields from year to year are to me a refreshing fact. Henry David Thoreau naturespringyears Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step. James C. Collins springmorningcommitment Every wild apple shrub excites our expectation thus, somewhat as every wild child. It is, perhaps, a prince in disguise. What a lesson to man! So are human beings, referred to the highest standard, the celestial fruit which they suggest and aspire to bear, browsed on by fate; and only the most persistent and strongest genius defends itself and prevails, sends a tender scion upward at last, and drops its perfect fruit on the ungrateful earth. Poets and philosophers and statesmen thus spring up in the country pastures, and outlast the hosts of unoriginal men. Henry David Thoreau springcountrychildren The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step. James C. Collins workspringmorning Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter. James F. Cooper springmotivationalfriendship In course of time the slow advance of knowledge, which has dispelled so many cherished illusions, convinced at least the more thoughtful portion of mankind that the alterations of summer and winter, of spring and autumn, were not merely the result of their own magical rites, but that some deeper cause, some mightier power, was at work behind the shifting scenes of nature. James G. Frazer autumnsummerspring As the days of spring arouse all nature to a green and growing vitality, so when hope enters the soul it makes all things new. It insures the progress which it predicts. Rooted in faith, growing up into love; these make the three immortal graces of the Gospel, whose intertwined arms and concurrent voices shed joy and peace over our human life. James Freeman Clarke growing-uphopespring God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst. James F. Cooper whitespringmen O rose! the sweetest blossom, James Gates Percival floweryellowspring The Xanthus or Scamander is not a mere dry channel and bed of a mountain torrent, but fed by the ever-flowing springs of fame... Henry David Thoreau trustspringrivers«5859606162636465666768»
