Beautiful Similes Quotes

#1. As a genius St. Paul cannot be compared with either Plato or Shakespeare, as a coiner of beautiful similes he comes pretty low down in the scale, as a stylist his name is quite obscure--and as an upholsterer: well, I frankly admit I have no idea how to place him.

Soren Kierkegaard

#2. My tears are like a whole pack of dogs on leashes; no matter how I try to tug them back, they just keep barreling forward.

Holly Schindler

#3. Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.

Vita Sackville-West

#4. Speak the truth.
Give whatever you can.
Never be angry.
These three steps will lead you
Into the presence of the gods.

Gautama Buddha

#5. Perhaps there will come a time when ... an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood ... and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.

Caroline Norton

#6. We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.

George William Russell

#7. The book of Acts is the best aid in approaching our work. We do not find there anyone consecrating himself as a preacher nor anyone deciding to do the Lord's work by making himself a missionary or a pastor. What we do see is the Holy Spirit Himself appointing and sending men out to do the work.

Watchman Nee

#8. [T]he choice of human groupings for cultural comparisons is not a natural or scientific choice, but a political one.

Pascal Boyer

#9. Certainly one of the more common experiences in the jazz field is discovering someone new. Improvising musicians are capable of being musical travelers, voyagers. We want to join in on whatever we hear. There is a freedom to wander the musical landscape.

Gary Burton

#10. Bold courage is paralyzing fear after humble prayer.

Kenneth E. Nowell

#11. I feel as exposed as a sweatshirt worn wrong-side-out, or like pocket linings dangling outside of a pair of jeans. My heart, my hope, hang in the afternoon sun.

Holly Schindler

#12. His skin radiates so much of the day's heat that touching him feels like wading into the lake, opening my hand, and catching one of the white shimmers of blistering afternoon sunlight bouncing across the water.

Holly Schindler

#13. The sad part about happy endings is there's nothing to write about.

Tammy Wynette

#14. Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

George Bernard Shaw

#15. Love + truth = strength
Love + knowledge = influence
Love + understanding = power
Love + wisdom = enlightenment

Matshona Dhliwayo

#16. Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him,
Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.

Ovid

#17. Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or promised before the fact. Allegiance must be earned so it will hold, win or lose.

Janet Morris