Magnificent Quotes

• There are three things we cry for in life: things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

  Douglas Coupland

  Three, Cry, Lost Things

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• Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.

  Helen Keller

  Life, Adventure, Risk

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• I see in Nature a magnificent structure... that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.

  Albert Einstein

  Humility, Thinking, Feelings

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.446, Princeton University Press

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• The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Sports, Giving

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  Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

  Paul Walker

  Ocean, Wave Of Life, Peaceful

  FaceBook post by Paul Walker from Jun 20, 2014

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• Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

  Le Corbusier

  Light, Games, Architecture

  Eveline Perroud, Le Corbusier (2007). “Opus 1, Le Corbusier”

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• Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Inspirational, Life, Hiking

  Farewell Remarks to White House Cabinet and Staff, delivered 9 August 1974

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• Creativity isn't far away, or outside of you. It's an inner movement, a heart-shift, a joy making its way out of your throat or hands or feet. So go for it. No one's watching. The payoff is magnificent.

  Margo Jefferson

  Heart, Creativity, Hands

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• I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

  Paul Cezanne

  Artist, Color, Richness

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• We all experience 'soul moments' in life-when we see a magnificent sunrise, hear the call of the loon, see the wrinkles in our mother's hands, or smell the sweetness of a baby. During these moments, our body, as well as our brain, resonates as we experience the glory of being a human being.

  Marion Woodman

  Mother, Baby, Wrinkles

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• Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

  Edmund Burke

  Hypocrisy, Broken Promises, Cost

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• The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

  Henry Miller

  Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude

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• I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn't understand. That was very hard.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Stars, Careers, Hiking

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• I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.

  Yul Brynner

  Magnificent Seven, Has Beens

  "Fictional character: Chris Adams". "The Magnificent Seven", www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.

  John F. Kennedy

  Life, Courage, Bravery

  John F. Kennedy (1964). “Profiles In Courage”

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• Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.

  Lou Gerstner

  Inspirational, Dream, Compassion

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• It's more than magnificent; it's mediocre.

  Samuel Goldwyn

  Mediocre

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

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• I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.

  Jack London

  Sleep, Atoms, Writing Words

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

  Martin Luther

  Music, Beautiful, God

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• Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

  Steve Lacy

  Weed, Marijuana, Bamboo

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• To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Simple, Men

  Carlos Castaneda (1991). “Journey To Ixtlan”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

  Arnold Bennett

  Funny, High Heels, Suffering

  The Title (1918) act 1

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• It is magnificent, but it is not war.

  Pierre Bosquet

  War, History, Classic

  Quoted in Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Reason Why (1953)

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• Battle... brings out all that is best.

  George S. Patton

  Bad Ass, Indulge In, Competition

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• The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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