Flight Of Icarus Fall Quotes & Sayings

The whole universe was stilled as if listening for a voice. For the space of one heartbeat there was peace on earth. For one fraction of a moment there was no deed of violence wrought on earth, no hatred, no fire, no whirlwind, no pain, no fear. Existence rested against the heart of God, then sighed and journeyed again. — Elizabeth Goudge

Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light. — Oscar Wilde

Whereas before I was a young, blonde girl who would do what she was told. I know who I am as a person and I'm getting damn strong. — Britney Spears

Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I have been asked what I mean by my word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground - there is the possibility that in some way or another I may escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of the circle? No. Never! I'd die first! — Karl G. Maeser

Everyone would like to behave like a pagan, with everyone else behaving like a Christian. — Albert Camus

Your father died the night the town believed he did, and my captor was born from his ashes. Two men, not alike, strangers to each other. — Julie Berry

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow. — Rowan Williams

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it — James Bryce

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it. — Marly Youmans

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation funded a study in which one group of healthy volunteers spent fifteen minutes a day practicing "finger abductions," which are basically like a biceps curl but with one finger. — Shawn Achor

Back then, Miss Sarah pulled words up from her throat like she was raising water from a well. — Sue Monk Kidd

Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard. — Grace Slick

The man who would have no imitators had legions of them, each infected with the mimetic dilemma that Rousseau personified: how to get others to notice how disinterested one is in whether they notice or not. — Paul C. Vitz

We often equate a new beginning or fresh start to moving to a new area, changing jobs, starting a new business or entering a new relationship. While this is true, there is also the possibility that God wants to bring newness to you right where you are. — Jamie Larbi

Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth. — John Buchan