Springs Quotes

Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

I think that my ideas of the world are that it's random and cruel but kind of quite comical really, and therefore the humour, in a sense, springs from that.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

The tiger springs in the new year. Us he devours.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.

Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.

Like springs, adaptations can only go downhill.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.

The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

In Palm Springs, they think homelessness is caused by bad divorce lawyers.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.