Feet Quotes

• The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Work, Engineering

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  The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

  Stephen King

  Strength, Bullying, Don't Give Up

  Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.1645, Anchor

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• Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Inspiring, Advice

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• Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Love, Dream, Stars

  Theodore Roosevelt (1955). “Theodore Roosevelt's America: Selections from the Writings of the Oyster Bay Naturalist”

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• Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Dance, Thinking

  "The Routledge Dance Studies Reader". Book by Alexandra Carter and Janet O'Shea, p. 96, 1998.

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• I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Shoes, Black History, Individuality

  FaceBook post by Oprah Winfrey from Apr 26, 2011

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• The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

  James Oppenheim

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”

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• Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Positive, Attitude, Heaven

  Henry David Thoreau, Laura Ross (2009). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods: Bold-faced Ideas for Living a Truly Transcendent Life”, p.373, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Love, Marriage, Missing You

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “The Poet at the Breakfast Table”, p.33, Reprint Services Corporation

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• The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Done, Evening, Enjoy

  FaceBook post by Kazuo Ishiguro from Jan 21, 2013

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• If the shoe doesn't fit, must we change the foot?

  Gloria Steinem

  Change, Shoes, Growth

  Gloria Steinem (2017). “Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within”, p.882, Open Road Media

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• When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it

  Samuel Fuller

  Moving, Next, Steps

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• The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Buddhist, War

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• Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Peace, Height, Lofty

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.131, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• Just put one foot in front of the other.

  Austin Peck

  Running, Perseverance, Hiking

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  If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Peace, Elephants

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 22, 2014

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• A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.

  George Santayana

  Country, 4th Of July, Knowledge

  "The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress". Book by George Santayana, Chapter VII: Patriotism, 1905.

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• I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Motivational, Sports, Running

  FaceBook post by Nadia Comaneci from Apr 24, 2014

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  He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

  Frida Kahlo

  Uplifting, Strong Women, Art

  "Gal Gadot's 'Wonder Woman' Scholarship Speech Emphasizes That All Superheros Don't Wear Capes" by Nina Bradley, www.bustle.com. December 07, 2017.

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• From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

  Helen Hayes

  Education, Laughter, Book

  Helen Hayes (1969). “Another Fawcett Crest Book”

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• You can compare me with Greta Garbo. I have big feet, too.

  Lee Remick

  Garbo, Bigs, Compare

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• Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Retirement, Home, Evening

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Poems 1”, p.371, Reprint Services Corporation

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• God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

  Norah Jones

  Two, Honor, Rays

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• To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Success, Courage

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