Winter Quotes

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  In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Unquiet Vision : Mirrors of Man in Existentialism" by Nathan A. Scott, (p. 116), 1969.

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• In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.

  Katherine Mansfield

  Fire, Snow, Bars

  Katherine Mansfield (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Katherine Mansfield (Illustrated)”, p.1112, Delphi Classics

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• The days are short,
  The sun a spark
  Hung thin between
  The dark and dark.

  John Updike

  Dark, Sparks, Sun

  John Updike, Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1989). “A Child's Calendar”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

  Hal Borland

  Inspirational, Change, Meaningful

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• I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.

  Lewis Carroll

  Good Night, Summer, Nature

  Lewis Carroll (1896). “Through the Looking-glass: And what Alice Found There”, p.4, PDFreeBooks.org

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• Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.

  Frederic Chopin

  Love, Romantic, Spring

  Frederic Chopin (2013). “Chopin's Letters”, p.106, Courier Corporation

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• If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

  Anne Bradstreet

  Inspirational, Life, Appreciation

  Anne Bradstreet, Adelaide P. Amore (1982). “A woman's inner world: selected poetry and prose of Anne Bradstreet”

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• Winter is not a season, it's a celebration.

  Anamika Mishra

  Celebration, Seasons

  Twitter post from Dec 2, 2015

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• What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Sunshine, Fire, Equal

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1008, Delphi Classics

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• Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• In winter the stars seem to have rekindled their fires, the moon achieves a fuller triumph, and the heavens wear a look of a more exalted simplicity.

  John Burroughs

  Stars, Moon, Fire

  John Burroughs, Farida Anna Wiley (1997). “John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist”, p.123, Courier Corporation

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• Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.

  Edith Sitwell

  Home, Weather, Fire

  Edith Sitwell (2011). “Taken Care Of: An Autobiography”, p.176, A&C Black

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• If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

  Anne Bradstreet

  Spring, Adversity, Greatest Wealth

  Anne Bradstreet (1867). “The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse”, p.51

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• Even in winter, the cold isn't always bitter, and not every day is cruel.

  Jim Butcher

  Bitter, Cold

  Jim Butcher (2010). “Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.345, Penguin

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• There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

  Emily Dickinson

  Light, Tunes, Afternoon

  Emily Dickinson (2016). “The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson”, p.59, First Avenue Editions

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• Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

  Victor Hugo

  Nature, Spring, Heart

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• The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.

  Patricia Hampl

  Pride, Night, Snow

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• Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Leadership, Hope, Motivation

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• People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

  Anton Chekhov

  Happiness, Happy, Summer

  'The Three Sisters' (1901) act 2

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  Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Patience

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• We can choose to be grateful, no matter what. This type of gratitude transcends whatever is happening around us. It surpasses disappointment, discouragement and despair. It blooms just as beautifully in the icy landscape of winter as it does in the pleasant warmth of summer.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Summer, Gratitude, Disappointment

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• Grace grows best in winter.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Grace, Grows

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• It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

  John Burroughs

  Fire, Air, Soul

  John Burroughs (1875). “Winter Sunshine”, p.14

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• What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

  John Steinbeck

  Summer, Weather, Snow

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• How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Years, Lessons, Should

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1863). “Out-door Papers”, p.239

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