H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .”
“He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.”
“He, who is gone, was one of the very kindest friends I possessed, and yet he was not kinder perhaps to me, than to others. His intense mind and powerful feelings would, I truly believe, have done the world some service, had his life been spared but he was of too sensitive a nature and thus he was destroyed!”
Source: John Keats: Lamia (Unabridged Edition): A Narrative Poem from one of the most beloved English Romantic poets, best known for Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Indolence, Ode to Psyche, The Eve of St. Agnes, Hyperion…
“He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.”
“He, who knows how to distinguish between true and false, must have an adequate idea of true and false.”
“He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.”
“He, who loves praise, loves temptation.”
“He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.”
“He, who praises you for what you have not, wishes to take from you what you have.”
“He, who steadily observes those moral precepts in which all religions concur, will never be questioned at the gates of heaven as to the dogmas in which they all differ.”
Source: The Essential Jefferson
“He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.”
Source: THE AMERICAN CRISIS – Revolutionary Work Which Inspired the American People to Fight for Their Independence: Including
“He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.”
“He, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.”
Source: The Confidence-man: His Masquerade
“He, whose heart is fixed, trusting in Christ, need not be afraid.”
Source: Seventeen occasional sermons. Miscellaneous observations
“He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.”
“He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break -- chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.”
Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.”
“He...boasted an unassuming mustache, which was perched atop his upper lip cautiously, as though it were slightly embarrassed to be there and would like to slide away and become a sideburn or something more fashionable.”
“He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.”
“He: What’s the matter with you? Me: Nothing. Nothing was slowly clotting my arteries. Nothing slowly numbing my soul. Caught by nothing, saying nothing, nothingness becomes me. When I am nothing they will say surprised in the way that they are forever surprised, "but there was nothing the matter with her.”
“He[ Italo Calvino] always said it would be impossible to try to make films out of his books, though he hoped it would happen because that's where the money was.”
“He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.”
“He[Michael Jackson] had a joy in being alive. There was a joy you felt of him on the stage and making us not just feel good but pushing us against ourselves with the "Man in the Mirror," looking at ourselves critically, "Black or White," what does it mean to get caught in a color as opposed to a rich history and culture?”
“He[Napoleon] had destroyed only one thing: the Jacobin Revolution, the dream of equality, liberty and fraternity, and of the people rising in its majesty to shake off oppression. It was a more powerful myth than his, for after his fall it was this, and not his memory, which inspired the revolutions of the nineteenth century, even in his own country.”
“He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are.”
“He`s quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].”
“Head coach of the England team demands management skills that Brian does not have. We had a head coach who wanted one thing, other coaches who wanted other things. The players hadn't a clue what was going on. Somehow we'd managed to turn our World Cup campaign into a Monty Python sketch - called The Life of Brian.”
“Head colds should be tolerated. Children should be celebrated.”
Source: This Is How It Always Is
“Head for the moon. If you miss, you will still be among the stars”
“Head gear, plus acne equals...table for one in the cafeteria.”
“Head held high and lips parted, she breathed in the music, sending it through her torso and arms and legs the way the Tai Chi teacher told us to breath the air, transforming it into energy, motion. Dancing is the body's song, and Bess sang.”
Source: Fatigue Artist
“Head held high, she stepped toward the block and sank to her knees, and it was then that Akiva started to scream. His voice soared over the pandemonium - a scream to scour the souls of all gathered, a sound to drive ghosts from their nests.”
Source: The Complete Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy
“Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!”
Source: The Lost Library
“Head high, my young soldiers, here speaks your brother: never cheat, never harm, nor succumb to cowardice.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Head injuries are a significant risk to accelerated cognitive decline.”
“Head knowledge is worthless, unless accompanied by submission of the will and right action.”
Source: Life of Christ
“Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.”
“Head on the crown and feet on the crowd,
That's how the French Revolution started.
Kings too proud, and people who bowed,
That's never a good tale to get mparted.
An evolution needs a revolution,
A revolution leads to a solution,
People have to follow intuition,
Then it will all come to fruition.”
Source: Memoirs of An Amazon
“Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence.”
“Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.”
“Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.”
“Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success.”
“Head up, chin up, shoulders back, remember the warrior queen”
Source: The Day We Met
“Head up, chin up, shoulders back, remember the worrior queen”
Source: The Day We Met
“Head up, heart open. To better days!”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“Head Vs Heart:
A crowded mind
Leaves no space
For a peaceful heart”
Source: Beating Hearts and Butterflies: Poetry of Wounds, Wishes and Wisdom
“Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.”
Source: Good Men: An eShort Story
“Head, you may think; heart, you may feel;
But hand, you shall work alway!”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)
“Headache!" Zeus bellowed. "Bad. bad headache!"
As if to prove his point, the lord of the universe slammed his face into his pancakes, which demolished the pancakes and the plate and put a crack in the table, but did nothing for his headache.
"Aspirin?" Apollo suggested. (he was the god of healing)
"Nice cup og tea?" Hestia suggested
"I could split your skull open," offered Hephaestus, the blacksmith god
"Hephaestus!" Hera cried. "Don't talk to your father that way!"
"What?" Hephaestus demanded "Clearly he's got a problem in there. I could open up the hood and take a look. Might relieve the pressure. Besides, he's immortal. It won't kill him”
Source: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
“Headaches are for sloths as hangovers for drunks.”