Quotes by Spring Hope can produce the finest and most permanent springs of action. Maria Edgeworth hopeactionspring The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the world, that British patriotism was rediscovered in those spring days. It was never really lost. But it would be no bad thing if the feeling that swept the country then were to continue to inspire us. For if there was any doubt about the determination of the British people it was removed by the men and women who, a few months ago, brought a renewed sense of pride and self-respect to our country. Margaret Thatcher determinationspringcountry What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. Marcus Aurelius earthspringheaven Narcotic greens narcotic greens like reeling firmaments disclose in their appearing randomness the sweetest means that you or she or any wandering Thales might choose to be wonder-struck with at the moment when we die Marianne Bluger springmightmean Spring is the only revolutionary whose revolution has succeeded. Marianne van Hirtum revolutionrevolutionaryspring The study of love and its utilization will lead us to the source from which it springs, The Child. Maria Montessori studyspringchildren The old Chinese proverb springs to mind - No pain, no gain. Marian Keyes chinesepainspring I am a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm." Kade made his voice boom and spread his arms wide. His eyes sparked with humor. "I. Am. Invincible." "Until a happy wind blows," I said. "Curse those sunny days." "The bane of your existence." "The scourge of society." "The downfall of decency." "And boring, too. Nothing like a good gale to put a spring in your step." Kade grinned. Maria V. Snyder eyeblowspring All that happens is as usual and familiar as the rose in spring and the crop in summer. Marcus Aurelius summerrosespring Gloom and sadness are poison to us, and the origin of hysterics. You are right in thinking that this disease is in the imagination; you have defined it perfectly; it is vexation which causes it to spring up, and fear that supports it. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne sadnessspringthinking winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne winterspringpast [Animals] do not so much act as be put into action, and that objects make an impression on their senses such that it is necessary for them to follow it just as it is necessary for the wheels of a clock to follow the weights and the spring that pulls them. Marin Mersenne springanimalscience Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach fountainkindnessspring Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of dread and desire at once, attraction and recoil, producing a thrill, the shudder of pleasure and of fear. Marina Warner oppositesdesirespring Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach despairspringmen We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food was part of the fabric of our day. Mario Batali yellowspringfood Racism springs from ignorance. Mario Balotelli ignoranceracismspring That is how life goes--we send our children into the wilderness. Some of them on the day they are born, it seems, for all the help we can give them. Some of them seem to be a kind of wilderness unto themselves. But there must be angels there, too, and springs of water. Even that wilderness, the very habitation of jackals, is the Lord's. Marilynne Robinson angelspringchildren In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart. Marcus Tullius Cicero heartspringfriendship Some people, every now and then, simply had to have One Too Many, go drifty voiced and slouch mouthed, swimming willfully around in their own sadness as if it were hot springs. Marisha Pessl swimmingsadnessspring«8384858687888990919293»
