Best Treading Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The liquid was delightfully warm, and I strode in until it was deep enough to swim out a few strokes and casually tread in place. Not water, but something smoother, thicker. Not oil, but something purer, thinner. Like being wrapped in warm silk. I was so busy savouring the tug of my fingers through the silvery substance that I didn't notice him until he was treading beside me.”

Sarah J Maas Feyre Feyre Archeron Swimming Pool Liquid A Court Of Thorns And Roses Tamlin Starlight Treading

Book:A Court of Thorns and Roses

Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Injured Soul Fainted Eyes Returning from where? Weary feet Weak arms Treading toward where? Struggled in vain battles Fighting delusive enemies Erred by a deception The ancient deception”

Soul Fighting Deception Eyes Injured Battles Treading Fainted Delusive Enemies Struggled In Vain The Ancient Deception Weak Arms Weary Feet

Author:Rixa White

“You are treading your path of greatness: now it must call up all your courage that there is no longer a path behind you! You are treading your path of greatness: no one shall steal after you here! Your foot itself has extinguished the path behind you, and above that path stands written: Impossibility.”

Path Greatness Impossibility Treading

Book:Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

“I felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro kept treading, treading till I felt that sense was breaking through. And when they all were seated, a service, like a drum, kept beating, beating, till I felt my mind was going numb. And then I heard them lift a box and creak across my soul with those same boots of lead again, then space began to toll, as if the heavens were a bell and being were an ear, and I, and silence, some strange race wrecked, solitary, here. Just then, a plank in reason broke, and I fell down and down and hit a world at every plunge, and finished knowing then.”

Ifs World Mind Soul Reason Heaven Felt Space Race Brain Silence Knowing Heard Strange Ears Down And Boxes Finished My Soul Broke Lifts Funeral Boots Bells Solitary Numb Plunge Tolls Treading

Author:Andrew Solomon

“Perform your long and heavy task with energy, treading the path to which Fate has been pleased to call you.”

Long Has Beens Energy Path Fate Tasks Heavy Treading

Author:Alfred de Vigny

“Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail! See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance: They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance?”

Littles Said Waiting Walks Behinds Faster Tails Turtles Snail Lobster Alice Adventures In Wonderland Treading Porpoises Shingles

Book:Alice in Wonderland Collection: All Four Books: All Four Books

Source: Alice in Wonderland Collection: All Four Books: All Four Books

“It is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.”

Dangerous Danger Paint Treading Picturesque

Author:E. J. Hughes

“And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God. This the good Queen Blanche did most earnestly by St. Louis, her son: witness her oft-repeated words, "My son, I would sooner see you die than guilty of a mortal sin;" words which sank so deeply into the saintly monarch's heart, that he himself said there was no day on which they did not recur to his mind, and strengthen him in treading God's ways.”

Way Should Mind Heart Children Said Reason Use Pain Mother Dies Father Sin Son Guilty Witness Mortals Queens My Son Monarchs Treading Mortal Sin Blanche

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in reference to the ancient Constitution, did draw me here to accept the place of Protector. There is not a man living can say I sought it, no not a man, nor woman, treading upon English ground.”

Men Given Accepting Advice Draws Capacity Constitution Ancient Protector Petitions Treading

Author:Oliver Cromwell

“A scholar like myself who is not a Sinologist and yet ventures the proposition that Chinese languages should be rewritten in the Greek alphabet (or "Romanized", to use the current term) is treading on uncharted territory (for him) and does so at his peril.”

Should Doe Use Language Term Currents Chinese Greek Territory Scholar Venture Propositions Peril Alphabet Uncharted Treading Uncharted Territory Chinese Language

Author:Eric A. Havelock

“Books are special, books are the way we talk to generations that have not turned up yet. The fact that we can actually, essentially communicate with the people in ancient Egypt, people in Rome and Greece, people in ancient Britain, people in New York in the 1920s who can communicate to us and change the way we think, and change the things that we believe. I think that books are special. Books are sacred. And I think that when you are selling books, you have to remember that in all the profits and loss, in all of that, you are treading on sacred ground.”

“It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by a taboo.”

Years Mind Persons Five Atheism Willing Areas Five Years Protected Taboo Having Patience Treading

Author:Garrett Hardin

“Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet he's treading water.”

Knows Littles Kids Mother Water Half Boys Wet Daddy Skulls Little Boys Treading Treading Water

Book:Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

Source: Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From America's Favorite Humorist

“Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.”

Source: The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author

“There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.”

Ifs Care Earth Lying Steps Knowledge Feet Streets Walking Busy Pace Jewels Crowded Careless Brightness Gems Wondrous Treading Crowded Streets

Author:Rudyard Kipling

“Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.”

World Use Christian Grace Sweet Draws Affliction Submission Juice Grapes Vines Treading

Author:Robert E. Murray

“It was the ponderous battering ram of his novels that opened the way through the genteel reticences of American nineteenth-century fiction. . . Without [Theodore] Dreiser's treading out a path for naturalism none of us would have had a chance to publish.”

Way Chance Fiction Novel Path Century Publish Nineteenth Century Naturalism Rams Treading Theodore Reticence Battering

Book:The Best Times: An Informal Memoir

Source: The Best Times: An Informal Memoir

“I ain't never been in no college with famous people. I was a drifter for a while. I just was desperate to fit in with a group. Really, I was swimming. I was lost, treading water, trying to find my way. I wanted to play football. It didn't work out. I didn't really know what I wanted until I found acting in a theater department, and then everything just fell into place, and I had a passion about something. Then, I started living my life.”

“One of the reasons for putting yourself on the line, is that life is not simply treading water... I always felt that once you reach a certain point, you have to try and move ahead.”

Trying Reason Moving Life Is Certain Felt Water Lines Moving Ahead Treading Treading Water

Author:Dick Button

“I do not desire to give myself any fresh political label. Though the formation of the Union of Democratic Control it has been possible for me to work in close co-operation with several of your leaders and this joint effort on the part of the Labour members and radicals is having I think a very beneficial effect. I do not desire to alienate myself from any of my former political associates but rather to endeavour to urge them along the same path which I myself am treading.”

“Generally, it's not good to be engaged directly with the political system unless you are qualified. It`s a very depressing business, the way politics works. You get stuck into it, but then, at some point, you have to walk away. I had to walk away, because it's like this dark, black energy void. There are some people who have dedicated their lives to living in that energy void, but I can't do it. I just can't go there. It feels like you're treading water too much when you do. It's a crazy thing.”

“It's always good to have a world that people don't know about - a world that hasn't yet been done. It's like treading on fresh snow. You're the first one there.”

People Knows World Firsts Done Snow Treading Fresh Snow

Author:Steven Knight

“Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from Terra-these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known . . . this is the only thing I can say about the matter. The utilitarian results do not interest me.”

“The earth almost looks like it's packed down and dense from so many feet treading over it.”

Looks Earth Feet Down And Over It Dense Treading

Author:Andrew Bird

“We found in the course of our journey the convenience of having disencumbered ourselves, by laying aside whatever we could spare; for it is not to be imagined without experience, how in climbing crags and treading bogs, and winding through narrow and obstructed passages, a little bulk will hinder, and a little weight will burden; or how often a man that has pleased himself at home with his own resolution, will, in the hour of darkness and fatigue, be content to leave behind him everything but himself.”

Source: Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

“Whatever else you do or forbear, impose upon yourself the task of happiness; and now and then abandon yourself to the joy of laughter. And however much you condemn the evil in the world, remember that the world is not all evil; that somewhere children are at play, as you yourself in the old days; that women still find joy in the stalwart hearts of men; And that men, treading with restless feet their many paths, may yet find refuge from the storms of the world in the cheerful house of love.”

Men World Heart May Children Stills Play Remember Joy Evil House Path Feet Laughter Tasks Storm Abandon Now And Then Refuge Cheerful Restless Old Days Treading Many Paths Stalwart

Book:The Desiderata of Happiness

Source: The Desiderata of Happiness

“Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law. While there may be those of high intelligence who violate the law at times, the barbarian and the defective always violate it. Those who disregard the rules of society are not exhibiting a superior intelligence, are not promoting freedom and independence, are not following the path of civilization, but are displaying the traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and treading the way that leads back to the jungle.”

“People are very adamant about maintaining a certain sound or a certain era, like, "There were three years of rap that were great, so let's just keep doing that." The genre itself is just stuck in place. It's been treading water for a while.”

People Years Certain Three Sound Water Rap Stuck Eras Genre Three Years Maintaining Treading Adamant Treading Water

Author:Aesop Rock

“The work you are treating is one full of dangerous hazard, and you are treading over fires lurking beneath treacherous ashes.”

Fire Dangerous Ashes Hazards Treacherous Lurking Treading

Author:Horace

“But to some extent, the whole aspect of Fascism was a real hot potato. Because so many of the aristocracy were enamored of the tenets of not only fascism but also of Adolf Hitler himself. And you know, that was treading on a lot of toes.”

Knows Real Whole Aspect Hot Fascism Toes Potatoes Aristocracy Enamored Treading

Author:Jacqueline Winspear

“The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.”

Men Way Mean Character Government Lying Duty Administration Cherish Rulers Benevolence Treading Government Lies

Book:Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean

Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean

“I never think of my audience when I write a poem. I try to write out of whatever is haunting me; in order for a poem to feel authentic, I have to feel I'm treading on very dangerous ground, which can mean that the resulting revelations may prove hurtful to other people. The time for thinking about that kind of guilt or any collective sense of responsibility, however, occurs much later in the creative process, after the poem is finished.”

“And what exactly is nature walking? It's any and every kind of walking you can do in the natural world. The activity encompasses strolling, striding, sauntering, stepping, treading, tramping, traipsing, traversing, rambling, roving, roaming, racewalking, hiking, meandering, wandering, wending, pacing, peregrinating, perambulating ... in natural surroundings.”

World Kind Can Do Natural Walking Activity Wander Hiking Surroundings Natural World Strolling Sauntering Pacing Roaming Treading Rambling Roving Exactly Is

Author:Charlie Cook

“If you don't like what you see, stop looking.”

Ifs Aviation Groove Great Aviation Treading Feudalism Pilots And Flying Bodybuilding Training Airborne Bodybuilding Motivation Cockpit Oleanders

Author:Nancy Lopez

“...was treading on dangerous water there... (on Phil Neville)”

Water Dangerous England Treading

Author:Ron Atkinson

“It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer's life that I met him, and a sort of water-treading time in mine. He had stabbed his wife, and I was a copy boy at Time magazine.”

Water Boys Wife Mines Mets Magazines Copies Bad Times Treading Time Magazine

Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

“With a living person you're always burdened with this idea of fair representation, treading this fine line between honoring the person, and yet you really look at the word "honor," it implies that you then have to address struggle and hardship and failure, and all these things that it means to be human, that you show the fullness of their life. If the person's living, they are able to interject.”

Ifs Humans Looks Mean Persons Ideas Shows Able Lines Struggle Fine Honor Fairs Addresses Hardship Representation Fullness Fine Lines Treading

Author:Brian Lindstrom

“I worry about that terribly because the public eye can bring all sorts of unwanted intrusions and problems. But he's treading his own path. I think the modeling is something that Rafferty Law sees as a pastime and something to maybe give him a bit of pocket money. He's a musician mostly. He's in college studying music, which he takes very seriously and I think that is something that he will concentrate on in the future.”

Thinking Giving Problem Eye Law Bits Worry Study Path College Musician Pockets Modeling Unwanted Pastime Public Eye Intrusion Treading Studying Music

Author:Jude Law

“Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim.”

Trying Water Forget Psychology Promise Wave Swim Positive Psychology Treading Promise Me Treading Water

Author:Tyler Knott Gregson

“I'd love to do a noir. I think Steve McQueen is so cool. But a classic film is a classic film, and perhaps the fantasy of being those characters should be left alone. You're treading on very thin ice.”

Thinking Should Character Film Left Fantasy Ice Classic Left Alone Noir Treading Mcqueen Classic Films

Author:Benedict Cumberbatch

“[Julian Albert] is a CSI investigator; a forensic expert with similar skills to Barry, which gives them a different relationship to, I think, anyone else that he works with, because they're sort of treading on each other's toes in their field of expertise.”

Thinking Giving Different Fields Skills Experts Toes Expertise Investigators Treading Forensics Csi Different Relationships

Author:Tom Felton

“There's a certain standard in classical music that allows the application of the term "genius," but you're treading on thin ice if you start applying it to rock & rollers.”

Ifs Certain Term Rocks Genius Standards Ice Application Classical Music Treading

Author:Jimmy Page

“I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a new place.”

Thinking Opportunity Snow New Places Pitfalls Treading Fresh Snow

Author:Steven Knight

“I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical.”

Firsts Mean Ideas Ends Whole Numbers Let Me Practicals Damn Superhero Covering Capes Damn Things Treading

Author:Christian Bale

“I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.”

Path Waste My Time Backwards Wasting My Time Treading

Author:Syd Barrett

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”

“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

“So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all. The idea that they have been waiting there for us rarely crosses our minds. Yet they do wait, and when we have passed, they gather up their bundles of memory and fall in behind, treading in our footsteps and catching up, little by little.”

Source: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass

“Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

Dream Light Night Heaven Dark Poor Half Feet Blue Spread Golden Silver Dreamer Wedding Ceremony Treading

Author:William Butler Yeats

“Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.”

Knows Feels May Success Path Fame Empowerment Personal Growth Pathways Footsteps Treading Paving The Way

Author:Eileen Caddy

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