Surely Quotes

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours.

Beware what you set your heart upon. For it shall surely be yours.

Yet mad I am not...and very surely do I not dream.

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep.

Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores.

Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can -- and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making.

Friendships that have stood the test of time and chance are surely best, Brows may wrinkle, hair grow gray, Friendship never knows decay.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practice it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.

One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

He that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. Exodus 21:17

'He insulted me, he cheated me, he beat me, he robbed me' -- those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.

Progress is a tide. If we stand still we will surely be drowned. To stay on the crest, we have to keep moving.

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought...

As surely as I am the living God, everyone will kneel before me, and everyone will confess that I am God.

As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

If we fear the unknown then surely we fear ourselves.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there must be a level beyond which profit from news is simply indecent.

Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent.

What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.

It is better, then, to save the work while it is begun.

You have done the labor; maintain itkeep it. If men choose to serve you, go with them; but as you have made up your organization upon principle, stand by it; for, as surely as God reigns over you, and has inspired your mind, and given you a sense of propriety, and continues to give you hope, so surely will you still cling to these ideas, and you will at last come back after your wanderings, merely to do your work over again.

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.