Ebenezer Elliott Quotes

#1. I miss her, but I don't want to see her.

Kim Do-Jin

#2. Life is short, and time is swift;
Roses fade, and shadows shift.

Ebenezer Elliott

#3. Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!

Ebenezer Elliott

#4. Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands.

Ebenezer Elliott

#5. Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)

Anton Chekhov

#6. Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

Ebenezer Elliott

#7. If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live.

Ebenezer Elliott

#8. The quivering flesh, though torture-torn, may live, but souls, once deeply wounded, heal no more.

Ebenezer Elliott

#9. The disobedience of our children should never take us by surprise as parents, EVER. That is our high calling as parents, to direct, train, nurture, love and shepherd our chil dren. It is important we move from irritation with our children and move toward op portunity for training.

Kara Tippetts

#10. Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

Ebenezer Elliott

#11. Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.

Ebenezer Elliott

#12. We must urge a national dialogue on better methods of curbing preventable gun violence, and address the need for mental health awareness and access to psychiatric services in this country.

Charles B. Rangel

#13. It is hard to conceive that the old, whose thoughts have been all thought out, should ever love to live alone. Solitude is surely for the young, who have time before them for the execution of schemes, and who can, therefore, take delight in thinking

Anthony Trollope

#14. I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.

Michel De Montaigne

#15. Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend

Ebenezer Elliott

#16. 1939. Love rages. It cries out from you, seething and red; I come back for more and more.

Steve Erickson

#17. Almighty Father! let thy lowly child,
Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,
A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled.
Let him live usefully, and not die old!

Ebenezer Elliott

#18. What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling.

Ebenezer Elliott

#19. The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run.

Ebenezer Elliott

#20. Some artists are able to pull off a very form-fitting, painted-on look that's very modern, but I have actually come around to embracing the idea that that these costumes are more like athletic uniforms than high-tech skin suits.

Stuart Immonen