Distance Quotes

• We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Leadership, Wisdom, Judging People

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  I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Positive, Marriage

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  And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Relationship, Smile

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.18, Lulu.com

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• The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Relationship, I Miss You

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  No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

  Robert Southey

  Friendship, I Miss You, Missing You

  Robert Southey (1836). “The Doctor, &c”

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• The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.

  Charles Bukowski

  Two, Unbearable, Construction

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• Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

  Simone Elkeles

  Long Distance Relationship, Heart, Long Relationship

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad cuz I miss you I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss.

  Henri Nouwen

  Relationship, I Miss You, Missing You

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• Distance lends enchantment to the view.

  Mark Twain

  Wise, Wisdom, Views

  Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.59, Univ of California Press

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• Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

  Gilbert Parker

  Love, Relationship, Stars

  Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria

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• I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance.

  Luis Miguel

  Long Distance, Long, Sanity

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• Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Relationship, Song, I Hate You

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Dec 31, 2013

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• Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go.

  Rick Warren

  Long Distance Relationship, Encouragement, Long Distance Love

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.203, Zondervan

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• Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Work, Taken, Creativity

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• Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

  Elizabeth Ashley

  Love, Women, Heart

  Elizabeth Ashley, Ross Firestone (1979). “Actress: Postcards from the Road”, Fawcett Books

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• Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Best Friend, I Miss You, Missing You

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Thoreau's Book of Quotations”, p.26, Courier Corporation

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• Wherever you are you will always be in my heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sympathy, Long Distance Relationship, Goodbye

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• True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart

  Helen Keller

  Best Friend, Long Distance Relationship, True Friend

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• For time is the longest distance between two places.

  Tennessee Williams

  Time, Two, Menagerie

  The Glass Menagerie (1945) p. 123

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• The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Voice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.

  A. A. Milne

  Relationship, Meaningful, Goodbye

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• There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God

  Ivan Illich

  Prayer, Men, Religion

  Ivan Illich (1970). “The church, change, and development”

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  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  "Fables", IV. 10, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 267-70, 1922.

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• Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

  Jean Piaget

  Long Distance Relationship, Learning, Distance Love

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