Gladdening Quotes

#1. The Hinley pond-poet Herbert Miles had referred to us as "that gaggle o' geese who gossip gaily 'pon the gladdening green," and there

Alan Bradley

#2. Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more.

Annie Dillard

#3. The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to. It is thus, like poetry and religion, a device for gladdening the heart with what is palpably not true.

H.L. Mencken

#4. Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul None is more gladdening or fruitful than to know You can regenerate and make yourself what you will.

William James

#5. Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.

Henri Frederic Amiel

#6. The first to greet me was Robbie McNeill, who jumped up from his post at the helm and said, "Welcome aboard, Captain! I cannot tell you how happy I am to meet you!" His handsome Celtic face shone with mischief, and I felt the first gladdening of a spontaneous friendship.

Kate Mulgrew

#7. A picture neither saddening nor gladdening I fear; neither beautiful nor ugly.

Jean Cocteau

#8. This girl. This baby girl is my life. Her mother is my life. These girls are both my life.

Colleen Hoover

#9. Mizzy obligingly wrote on the board, Step One: find Regalia, then totally explode her. Lots and lots.

Brandon Sanderson

#10. If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

John Stuart Mill

#11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.

T. Harv Eker

#12. Just as it was pointless to argue whether birds or fish were superior, debating the superiority of man or machine was also meaningless.

Hiroshi Yamamoto

#13. You know how it feels when you're in love with somebody and you long to be with that person? God wants us to feel that way about Him.

Stormie O'martian

#14. I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers.

Chloe Sevigny

#15. She tried to swallow, to take a breath, but her eyes met his, and there was nothing but aching intensity in his gaze. And she was drawn in, swept away.

J. Lynn

#16. The other day a patient told me that he had gotten into what was a very good college. 'It's not Harvard,' he said.
'Harvard's not Harvard either,' I answered.

Mark Vonnegut

#17. If all the statisticians in the world were laid head to toe, they wouldn't be able to reach a conclusion

George Bernard Shaw

#18. What has happened to us? It seems as if we have perverted our freedom, our rights into license, into being irresponsible. Perhaps we did not realise just how apartheid has damaged us so that we seem to have lost our sense of right and wrong.

Desmond Tutu

#19. Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures with wings.

Kate Thompson