Height
In the height of the gusts, in my high position, where the seas did not break, I found myself compelled to cling tightly to the rail to escape being blown away. My face was stung to severe pain by the high-driving spindrift, and I had a feeling that the wind was blowing the cobwebs out of my sleep-starved brain.
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Driving, Face, Feeling, Height
He is truly great that is little in himself, and that maketh no account of any height of honors
Author: Thomas a KempisTopics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Height, Life, Meaningful
I am quite short, but that never comes across when I’m onstage in front of people. When I get offstage and greet an audience afterwards, their first reaction is to comment on my height because it seems like a very drastic difference.
Author: Kaki KingTopics: Famous, Height, People, Reaction
Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last
Author: Thomas SowellTopics: Depth, Famous, Height, Meaningful
After having struggled madly to solve all problems, after having suffered on the heights of despair, in the supreme hour of revelation, you will find that the only answer, the only reality, is silence.
Author: Emil CioranTopics: Height, Problem, Problem-Solving, Realistic, Reality, Silence, Silent, Solutions, Solve, Suffer, Suffering, Supreme, Supreme Being, Times, Times of difficulty, Will, Will power
If you remember only one thing I’ve said, remember that an idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor. If you have never made a good metaphor, then you don’t know what it’s all about.
Author: Robert FrostTopics: Famous, Good, Height, Metaphor, Remember
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Author: Robert FrostTopics: Famous, Happiness, Height, Length
He who criticizes, be he ever so honest, must suggest a practical remedy or he soon descends from the height of a critic to the level of a common scold.
Author: Elbert HubbardTopics: Critical thinking, Criticism, Height, Honest, Honestly, Level, Level of jealousy, Practical, Scolding, Suffer, Suffering, Sufficiently, Suggestion, Suggestiveness
Their houses had chimneys placed at strange heights.
Author: Christopher Columbus
Topics: Famous, Feelings, Green, Height, Meaningful, Place, Strange, Strange world
To know, but to be as though not knowing, is the height of wisdom.
Author: Bruce LeeTopics: Famous, Height, Knowing, Life, Meaningful, Wisdom
Finish what we started, reach them heights, you know?
Author: Nipsey HussleTopics: Famous, Finish, Height, Life, Meaningful, Reach