Quotes about Awe

Awe and respect are two different things. Votes: 5

I have also written a book about the Giving of the Torah, and a book on the Days of Awe, and a book on the books of Israel that have been written since the day the Torah was given to Israel. Votes: 5

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you. Votes: 4

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. Votes: 4

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. Votes: 4

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. Votes: 4

Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. Votes: 4

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. Votes: 4

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively. Votes: 4

Awesome God.Awe-inspired God.Amazing God. Votes: 3

Awe is the emotion of self-transcendence. Votes: 3

Awe is what moves us forward. Votes: 3

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet. Votes: 3

Awe consumes any brand that ignites it ... Votes: 3

Awe is the best drug in the world Votes: 3

Awe-inspiring God.Amazing God.Awesome God.Almighty God. Votes: 3

Awe is the salve that will heal our eyes. Votes: 3

Awe combined with intimacy is the essence of Christian worship. Votes: 3

Awe is the beginning of wisdom. Awe is the beginning of education. Votes: 3

The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward. Votes: 3

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Votes: 3

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church. Votes: 3

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. Votes: 3

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us? Votes: 3

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. Votes: 3

(Some people) have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy. Votes: 3

the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe! Votes: 3

I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and when she's performing, the audience is just in awe of her. Votes: 3

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions. Votes: 3

I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. Votes: 3

Creative people are very insecure people because they don't know whether people like them or are in awe of them. That insecurity always comes out. It makes them a better actor, I feel. Votes: 3

From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St. Louis, I was struck with an affliction common to my generation: Hemingway Awe. Votes: 3

I felt deep within me that the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!" - The Narrator." Votes: 3

There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them. Votes: 3

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? Votes: 3

Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance, to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal. Votes: 3

Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate. Votes: 3

It's one of the most beautiful memories of my life. Not everyone has a chance to meet Greta Garbo! I was so in awe of her that I recently had my assistant search online for her film Queen Christina [1933]. I cherish that rare DVD like a precious keepsake now. Votes: 3

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person. Votes: 3

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.' Votes: 3

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Votes: 3

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe. Votes: 1

I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done. Votes: 1

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building. Votes: 1

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Votes: 1

I've played the leads in two British TV series. I've done a bunch of mini-series. Everybody in Australia is a bit in awe of BBC. I've worked for there, and that was a great experience. Votes: 1

I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There's so much mystery. There's so much awe. Votes: 1

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again. Votes: 1

In September 1993, President Clinton presided over a handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn - the climax of a 'day of awe,' as the press described it. Votes: 1

I'm a big horror fan, but I don't enjoy a lot of gore and watching somebody cut their leg off for five hours. I like the older movies where it draws you into the suspense, that sort of shock and awe. Votes: 1

If you think of feelings you have when you are awed by something - for example, knowing that elements in your body trace to exploded stars - I call that a spiritual reaction, speaking of awe and majesty, where words fail you. Votes: 1

I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression. Votes: 1

My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent. Now she's a brilliant second-grade teacher. I'm in awe of her ability to juggle everything and still be a great mother. Votes: 1

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He's done... is doing... and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don't let yourself ever get used to it... stay amazed! Votes: 1

As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day. Votes: 1

My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers. Votes: 1

But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. Votes: 1

I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. Votes: 1

In awe, I watched the waxing moon ride across the zenith of the heavens like an ambered chariot towards the ebony void of infinite space wherein the tethered belts of Jupiter and Mars hang, for ever festooned in their orbital majesty. And as I looked at all this I thought... I must put a roof on this toilet. Votes: 1

When my wife and I met, I couldn't talk to her - and my defense mechanism is sarcasm. I belittle someone with verbal pokes and prods. I did it to her out of complete awe. When friends introduced us, I said 'Hi' - and turned my back. Later, I called my mom and best friend and said, 'I think I just met my wife.' Votes: 1

God is awe-spirit. Votes: 0

God is awe-inspiring. Votes: 0

Silence 'tis awe decrees. Votes: 0

The awe of God is wisdom. Votes: 0

Death is the road to awe. Votes: 0

Life hath more awe than death. Votes: 0

Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of. Votes: 0

I write awe-thoughts flowing in my mind. Votes: 0

You can't let any team awe you. Votes: 0

I stand in awe of my body. Votes: 0

Don't criticize nature, stand in awe of it. Votes: 0

My heart holds the world in tender awe. Votes: 0

Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality. Votes: 0

Big machines are the awe-inspiring cathedrals of the 20th century. Votes: 0

I am still in shock and awe at being fired, Votes: 0

She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe. Votes: 0

I'm always in awe of accomplished people but never "starstruck". Votes: 0

Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. Votes: 0

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe. Votes: 0

Magick may be no more than the willful invocation of awe. Votes: 0

I just admire everybody and sit in awe and watch them. Votes: 0

The world moves for love; it kneels before it in awe. Votes: 0

When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. Votes: 0

Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time. Votes: 0

I burst the tyrant bands, which held my sex in awe. Votes: 0

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me. Votes: 0

I so miss musical theater. Secretly, I'm in awe of Broadway performers. Votes: 0

You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them. Votes: 0

People may be in awe of perfection, but they warm to humanity. Votes: 0

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field Votes: 0

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. Votes: 0

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. Votes: 0

I work to drive the awe away, yet awe impels the work. Votes: 0

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe... Votes: 0

Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe Votes: 0

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability. Votes: 0

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability. Votes: 0

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. Votes: 0

Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. Votes: 0

Dan watched in awe. "I didn't know you talk Turkey." "I speak Turkish. Votes: 0

The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe. Votes: 0

When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it. Votes: 0

I always thought that the spine of a character was awe and wonder. Votes: 0

You are one brave woman, he whispers, I am in awe of you. Votes: 0

When man is with God in awe and love, then he is praying. Votes: 0

I'd rather meet Spider-man than some creator that would put me in real awe! Votes: 0

The transpersonal is more awe-inspiring, more exciting than the thing we confuse it for. Votes: 0

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge. Votes: 0

I think 'fan' implies somebody who's submissive, sycophantic, in awe of everything you're doing. Votes: 0

What is compelling with 'War Horse' is the jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring craftsmanship in this movie. Votes: 0

A divine great spirit put awe-words on my mind; my sacred-duty is the writing. Votes: 0

You might as well not be alive if you're not in awe of God. Votes: 0

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her. Votes: 0

The supreme application of human attention is to be a vessel to carry awe. Votes: 0

I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being. Votes: 0

I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent. Votes: 0

Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... Votes: 0

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future. Votes: 0

Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity. Votes: 0

The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe. Votes: 0

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion. Votes: 0

When "everything is awesome" we may miss what (and Who) is truly deserving of awe. Votes: 0

In the heart of the slaughterhouse -- always -- enough room to nourish the awe. Votes: 0

Prayer is awe before an infinite force, and yet it's intimacy with a personal friend. Votes: 0

You can't help but be in awe of the athletic abilities of the WWE Superstars. Votes: 0

There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life. Votes: 0

A heavenly awe overshadowed and encompassed, as it still ought, and must, all earthly business whatsoever. Votes: 0

Create experiences that leave you in awe, for these will be the highlights of your life. Votes: 0

With awe, around these silent walks I tread; These are the lasting mansions of the dead. Votes: 0

Watch with awe and amazement at how quickly an engineer will become totally annoyed by inefficiency. Votes: 0

Newspapers write about other newspapers with circumspection, ... about themselves with awe, and only after mature reflection. Votes: 0

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. Votes: 0

The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. Votes: 0

You can't let any team awe you. If you do, you'll wind up a horseshit player. Votes: 0

I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe. Votes: 0

Our sex still strikes an awe upon the brave, And only cowards dare affront a woman. Votes: 0

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol. Votes: 0

I think this is how we are supposed to be in the world-present and in awe. Votes: 0

It's hard not to stand in awe and enchantment with the beauty in which nature expresses herself. Votes: 0

I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. Votes: 0

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment. Votes: 0

Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art. Votes: 0

There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par. Votes: 0

I met Eva Ibbotson before I became a writer myself, and was in awe of her then. Votes: 0

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe Votes: 0

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring. Votes: 0

I'm in awe of comics that do things that I can't do, or haven't tried doing yet. Votes: 0

The shudder of awe is humanity's highest faculty, Even though this world is forever altering its values. Votes: 0

It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us. Votes: 0

To me it's awe-inspiring ... All those billions of little evolutionary steps leading to this sensation of being "me." Votes: 0

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength. Votes: 0

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe. Votes: 0

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe." Votes: 0

Nothing keeps me in such awe as perfect beauty; now, there is something consoling and encouraging in ugliness. Votes: 0

Love that has been tested is far more awe-inspiring than love that has never known anything but bliss. Votes: 0

Nor think thou with wind Of æry threats to awe whom yet with deeds Thou canst not. Votes: 0

There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument. Votes: 0

The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth. Votes: 0

Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition. Votes: 0

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder. Votes: 0

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe. Votes: 0

Misers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him. Votes: 0

When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe. Votes: 0

All the great religions have a place for awe, for ecstatic transport at the wonder and beauty of creation. Votes: 0

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. Votes: 0

Christian spirituality combines a sense of the awe and majesty of God with a sense of His intimate presence. Votes: 0

The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe. Votes: 0

Music is one of the only inanimate things we have left. It can still be mystical, magical and awe-inspiring Votes: 0

Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered. Votes: 0

Nothing inspires more reverence and awe in me than an old man who knows how to change his mind. Votes: 0

Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities. Votes: 0

Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common. Votes: 0

What Enron was doing, what caused investors to embrace it in a rapture of baffled awe, was hiding debt. Votes: 0

I never really am in awe of people because we are just equal at the end of the day. Votes: 0

To me the Bible is not God, but it is God's voice, and I do not hear it without awe Votes: 0

Your brain has a trillion neurons and every neuron has ten thousand little dendrites. The system of inter-communication is awe-inspiring. Votes: 0

I think the grotesque can inspire intimacy (it draws us in) as well as awe, like the cabinets of curiosities. Votes: 0

Be the person that when your feet touch the floor in the morning the devil says, "awe s***.. they're up". Votes: 0

Train yourself to be in awe of the subtle, and you will live in a world of beauty and ease. Votes: 0

The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. Votes: 0

what pudor pejorocracy affronts how awe, night-rest and neighborhood can rot what breeds where dirtiness is law what crawls below Votes: 0

When we're infused with either enthusiasm or awe or fondness ... it changes what we see. It changes what we remember. Votes: 0

I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now. Votes: 0

Religious awe is the same organic thrill which we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge. Votes: 0

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State. Votes: 0

Architecture begins to matter when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads. Votes: 0

I have observed in foolish awe The dateless mid-days of the law And seen indifferent justice done By everyone on everyone. Votes: 0

I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. Votes: 0

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.' Votes: 0

The first act of awe, when man was struck with the beauty or wonder of Nature, was the first spiritual experience. Votes: 0

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe... Votes: 0

Nature's beauty never fails to fill me with a sense of wonder and awe, and still, I refuse to go camping. Votes: 0

As is often the case, the sole person not left speechless in awe by my brilliance is my own beloved wife. Votes: 0

To think that she had read the same elegiac prose he now beheld with such quiet awe made his heart sing. Votes: 0

Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver. Votes: 0

Samarkand, with its magnificent mosques, tombs and dazzling ensembles of ceramic tiles, is still one of the world's most awe-inspiring cities. Votes: 0

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them. Votes: 0

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. Votes: 0

In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him. Votes: 0

A complicated structure? Undoubtedly. But after all, the cathedral of Milan is complicated too, and you still look at it with awe. Votes: 0

Knowing the plumbing of the universe, intricate and awe-inspiring though that plumbing might be, is a far cry from discovering its purpose. Votes: 0

One cannot help but be in awe when [one] contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. Votes: 0

If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic. Votes: 0

Practice radical humility. Take no credit for your talents, intellectual abilities, aptitudes, or proficiencies. Be in a state of awe and bewilderment. Votes: 0

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you. Votes: 0

The knowledgeable person lives with a question mark '?' and the man of awe and wonder lives with an exclamation mark. Votes: 0

I was raised by muses. Women who had men in awe of them and who wrote them movies and wrote them music. Votes: 0

They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried. Votes: 0

A person truly evolves from his own silence and one such can keep the people around him in the awe of silence. Votes: 0

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can. Votes: 0

Morality, like numinous awe, is a jump; in it, man goes beyond anything that can be 'given' in the facts of experience. Votes: 0

We have lost awe and wonder. In reference to the mystery of life itself, we've lost respect for movement in our planet. Votes: 0

Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him. Votes: 0

We stand in awe before that which cannot be seen. We respect with every fiber of our being that which cannot be explained. Votes: 0

I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. Votes: 0

One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality. Votes: 0

I so earnestly believe that prayer can be helpful and guide you and protect you and inspire you. I mean, I'm in awe. Votes: 0

Do not look for signs. Do not look for experiences. Do not be so complicated. Become like a child. See everything with awe. Votes: 0

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year. Votes: 0

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs. Votes: 0

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas. Votes: 0

In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively recoiled. Votes: 0

Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun! Votes: 0

If I was a fan of someone as a teenager, then it's OK for me to feel completely in awe when I meet them. Votes: 0

All great art ... creates in the beholder not self-satisfacti on but wonder and awe. Its great liberation is to lift us out of ourselves. Votes: 0

You guys are more talented than anyone in the Tumblr office or in Palo Alto or Sunnyvale. We're constantly in awe, constantly in service. Votes: 0

No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe Votes: 0

I got really excited about Beyoncé, but it was Beyoncé. I think I was more in awe of how pleasant she is. Votes: 0

Critics are the eunuchs of literature. They stand by in envious awe while the whole man and his partner demonstrate the art of living. Votes: 0

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. Votes: 0

Any but the most brutish of men must be touched with a certain awe or wonder at the baring of a woman's naked soul. Votes: 0

Here is the alphabet of the pulsing apocalypse that is fatherhood, a book in love with what words, like parents, create: beauty, terror, awe. Votes: 0

I was in awe of the mystery of human compassion and the inability of love to make the distance between us any more bearable. Votes: 0

We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe. Votes: 0

Gratitude places you in the energy field of plentitude. Glow with gratitude and see how awe and joy will make their home in you. Votes: 0

The work of God in the cross of Christ strikes us as awe-inspiring only after we have first been awed by the glory of God. Votes: 0

Barry Manilow is a guy who's had a tremendous longevity that few have had in the music business. I'm in awe of what he does. Votes: 0

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing Votes: 0

We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us. Votes: 0

It sounds otherworldly and mysterious, submerged under a bed of spacious texture. A place of awe where don't have answers to all of your questions. Votes: 0

The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it. Votes: 0

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move. Votes: 0

Working in Korea with the talent and staff there was very eye-opening. I was in awe of everyone's talent, passion, and love for the process. Votes: 0

One can only be in awe of the creativity of chocolate marketers. My take is that if there is a health benefit, it is small. Votes: 0

A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of the universe evokes far more awe for creation than light streaming through a stained glass window in a cathedral. Votes: 0

We fit the universe through our brains and it comes out in the form of nothing less than poetry. We have a responsibility to awe. Votes: 0

For, indeed, everything about is marvelous, and wherever a man turns his gaze he sees the Godhead of the Word and is smitten with awe. Votes: 0

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail. Votes: 0

Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe. Votes: 0

I watch golf, just looking at the pros, and I'm in awe of how they play. Not one particular player - maybe all the players. Votes: 0

Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent. Votes: 0

When in comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion. Votes: 0

The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently. Votes: 0

Reverence is the sense that there is something larger than the self, larger even than the human, to which one accords respect and awe and assent. Votes: 0

A thousand years hence, every German will speak with awe of Stalingrad and remember that it was there that Germany put the seal on her victory. Votes: 0

When it comes to bullshit...bigtime, major league bullshit...you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims...religion. Votes: 0

What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly. Votes: 0

If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious God. Votes: 0

She held the book in her hands, feeling a sense of awe, and lightly ran a finger over its cover as if it contained sacred writings. Votes: 0

I have always tried to live by the 'awe principle.' That is: Can I find awe, wonder and enchantment in the most mundane things conceivable? Votes: 0

It saddens me that Christians need to be reminded that awe is owed also to those who disagree with them, who believe otherwise than they do. Votes: 0

To reflect upon the event horizon is a great deal more awe-inspiring than a burning bush or a wooden statue that weeps or pees or bleeds. Votes: 0

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason. Votes: 0

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist. Votes: 0

If the world could remain within a frame like a painting on the wall, I think we'd see the beauty then and stand staring in awe. Votes: 0

I am mentally preparing myself for the five-year-old mind. I want to come down to their physical limitations and up to their sense of wonder and awe. Votes: 0

God can be addressed by any name that taste sweet to your tongue or pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe. Votes: 0

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character. Votes: 0

Creativity can never be explained by appeal to reason alone. Like the birth of a child, creativity compels us not to explanation but to wonder and awe. Votes: 0

There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. Votes: 0

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life. Votes: 0

Let's be in awe which doesn't mean anything but the courage to gape like fish at the surface breaking around our mouths as we meet the air. Votes: 0

I'm so proud that my offspring became a musician. I'm full of awe that we are able to have a whole family live the life of artists. Votes: 0

I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom. Votes: 0

He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence. Votes: 0

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character. Votes: 0

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion. Votes: 0

The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed. Votes: 0

Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour. Votes: 0

Where you just possessed?" Cookie asked after a long moment, awe softening her voice. "'Cause let me tell you, sweetheart, if that was possession, I'm selling my soul. Votes: 0

The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great. Votes: 0

And then what did you do, Lord Oliver?" Karl's eight-year-old daughter gazed up at him in awe, as though this were the best story she had ever heard. Votes: 0

Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit. Votes: 0

Steve Burton, I adore. He's got the overall picture. He's wise beyond his years. He's not overwhelmed, and he's not in awe. He's a gentleman. And a hunk. Votes: 0

If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude. Votes: 0

I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world. Votes: 0

I consider myself responsible to the coming generations, which are left stranded in a blitzed world, unaware of the soul trembling in awe before the mystery of life. Votes: 0

The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows. Votes: 0

I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often the way becomes the goal. Votes: 0

To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder. Votes: 0

The power of psychedelics... is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime. Votes: 0

I was in awe sometimes listening to Mick Taylor . Everything was there in his playing - the melodic touch, a beautiful sustain and a way of reading a song. Votes: 0

My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with absolute awe about MacArthur's brain. Votes: 0

I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear. Votes: 0

Every time I watch you open those beautiful eyes, I gaze with awe just thinking of how blessed I am to spend the rest of my life with you. Votes: 0

Everything in man should halt in awe...Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar. Votes: 0

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion. Votes: 0

Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes one immune to enthusiasm. Votes: 0

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable Votes: 0

The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our awe and our loyalty. Votes: 0

The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places. Votes: 0

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth. Votes: 0

A nation's character is the sum of its splendid deeds; they constitute one common patrimony, the nation's inheritance. They awe foreign powers, they arouse and animate our own people. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, I wanted to be my half-sister Lucy. She was 14 years older than me and was impossibly glamorous. I grew up in awe of her. Votes: 0

The word compositon moved me spiritually and I made it my aim in life to paint a composition. It affected me like a prayer and filled me with awe. Votes: 0

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a real awe for good animation. Votes: 0

...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator. Votes: 0

One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame. Votes: 0

Jessica Jones is very unique, and we are all in awe of the response from the public. It seems that everyone connected with the character, and we enjoyed shooting it. Votes: 0

I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me. Votes: 0

When you watch Tiger Woods, you're in awe of what he can do with a seven-iron. Watching Matthew Stafford from up here, he's head and shoulders above most college quarterbacks. Votes: 0

Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forgets to entertain us along the way. Shock and awe applies to art, as well. Votes: 0

Sometimes, even by accident, the universe makes beauty, and we can stand back in awe of it. Even better - we can figure out why. Science! I love this stuff. Votes: 0

There's nothing too interesting about me, I'm just a dude that draws, I know there's nothing special about me that people would be standing in awe in front of me. Votes: 0

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it. Votes: 0

Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity. Votes: 0

This very act of planting a seed in the earth has in it to me something beautiful. I always do it with a joy that is largely mixed with awe. Votes: 0

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that. Votes: 0

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out. Votes: 0

A strict belief in fate is the worst of slavery, imposing upon our necks an everlasting lord and tyrant, whom we are to stand in awe of night and day. Votes: 0

At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you don't understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time. Votes: 0

I'm so in awe of what visual artists do and I do understand the differences of what visual artists do. I have a small art collection I hope to expand. Votes: 0

No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science. Votes: 0

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it." Votes: 0

As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that I was seized with a violent tremour. Votes: 0

Some of my favorite media is the still cartoon that you can sit and study. You can get amazing metaphors across really quickly. I'm in awe of a Charles Schulz. Votes: 0

I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world. Votes: 0

We Americans are lucky to live in a country with a history full of noble ideas, great leaders, and awe-inspiring accomplishments. Sadly, many of our elites want no part of it. Votes: 0

Being in nature is inspiring. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and spent countless hours of my youth wandering the woods in awe of the beauty that exists all around us. Votes: 0

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within. Votes: 0

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. Votes: 0

If I see someone I'm in awe of I'm like, 'Oh my God. Oh. My. God.' But on the outside I'm very calm. I'd never run up and hassle anyone. Votes: 0

The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life. Votes: 0

There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions, who will do anything. Of course we make him pay afterward for his moment of superiority, his moment of impressiveness. Votes: 0

There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which is the death of a memoir. Votes: 0

I'd known that I had the capacity to love, that I enjoyed seeing other people be happy, that I had a real awe and wonder about the beauty of this world. Votes: 0

In its complexity and sensuality, nature invites exploration, direct contact, and experience. But it also inspires a sense of awe, a glimpse of what is still un-Googleable life's mystery and magnitude. Votes: 0

The Internet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhoea - massive, difficult to re-direct, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it. Votes: 0

I'm definitely not a monthly guy. Probably never will be. I'm simply in awe of the guys who do monthly books well... hell, in awe of people who do monthlies period. Votes: 0

Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the very foundation of any real civilization. Votes: 0

The bravery shown by Azza Suleiman who dared to stand up for another woman who was being beaten, and paid a heavy price in doing so, is both awe-inspiring and humbling. Votes: 0

In its complexity and sensuality, nature invites exploration, direct contact, and experience. But it also inspires a sense of awe, a glimpse of what is still "un-Googleable" . . . life's mystery and magnitude. Votes: 0

I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time. Votes: 0

I share Einstein's affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as good as a burnt out candle." Votes: 0

I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe, coming here and seeing so many cars, so much enthusiasm. Votes: 0

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids. Votes: 0

I'm always in awe of people who are artists in their fields - people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they've created value in the world. Votes: 0

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future. Votes: 0

The scientist is activated by a wonder and awe before the mysterious comprehensibility of the universe which is yet finally beyond his grasp. In its profoundest depths it is inaccessible to man. Votes: 0

The phrase "singular incredible life" seems to me that it applies more appropriately to Jane Goodall or David Attenborough, people I regard with awe and who stand for great humanism and knowledge. Votes: 0

While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe. Votes: 0

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good. Votes: 0

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them. Votes: 0

One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms. Votes: 0

Being a digital photographer I'm in awe of the older generation of photographers who created all those iconic cinematic style images on film, such as Man Ray's portrait of the photographer Lee Miller. Votes: 0

A poet feels the impulse to create a work of art when the passive awe provoked by an event is transformed into a desire to express that awe in a rite of worship. Votes: 0

Peace is nothing more than the regulation of the psycho-political economy of awe and reverential fear, of using the threat of terror in order to bind citizens to the circuit of their subjection. Votes: 0

You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take on something of the character of the object of your worship. Votes: 0

As we contemplate with reverence and awe how our Savior embraces us, comforts us, and heals us, let us commit to become His hands, that others through us may feel His loving embrace. Votes: 0

Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much. Votes: 0

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe. Votes: 0

Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring. Votes: 0

You're a guardian angel now. I was still too much in awe to wrap my mind around it, but at the same time I felt amazement, curiosity...happinessI'm your guardian angel, he said. Votes: 0

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart. Votes: 0

We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two gives us superstition plus scientism -- a Mongoloid metaphysic. Votes: 0

My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are. Votes: 0

We are afraid that if we stop and really look at God in his Word, we might discover that he evokes greater awe and demands deeper worship than we are ready to give him. Votes: 0

But more impressive than the facts and figures as to height, width, age, etc., are the entrancing beauty and tranquility that pervade the forest, the feelings of peace, awe and reverence that it inspires. Votes: 0

Most people are not in the world of awe and wonder. They're in the world of deadness. Their perceptual fields and bodies are completely self-reflective, and all they see is themselves wherever they go. Votes: 0

If God were to appear in my room, obviously I would be in awe, but I don't think I would be humble. I might cry, but I think he would dig me like crazy. Votes: 0

I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot. Votes: 0

We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder. Votes: 0

AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise' yellow noise Interrupt this ground. Votes: 0

Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in awe: Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law! Votes: 0

You have to, take a deep breath. and allow the music to flow through you. Revel in it, allow yourself to awe. When you play allow the music to break your heart with its beauty. Votes: 0

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground. Votes: 0

My journey deep into coma, outside this lowly physical realm and into the loftiest dwelling place of the almighty Creator, revealed the indescribably immense chasm between our human knowledge and the awe-inspiring realm of God. Votes: 0

Fear in the biblical sense... includes being afraid of someone, but it extends to holding someone in awe, being controlled or mastered by people, worshipping other people, putting your trust in people, or needing people. Votes: 0

For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started. Votes: 0

I’m in awe of McCartney. He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. He can do it all. And he’s never let up... He’s just so damn effortless. Votes: 0

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character. Votes: 0

The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle. Votes: 0

As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this amazing universe that we live in, it doesn't subtract from it at all. Votes: 0

I am curious about many things, and find the world around me, and the people and objects and things in it, equally fascinating. There is a great deal of that awe and wonder in me. Votes: 0

Are you scared?' asked Mr. Ibis. "˜Not really.' "˜Well, try to cultivate the emotions of true awe and spiritual terror, as we walk. They are the appropriate feelings for the situation at hand. Votes: 0

I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry. Votes: 0

I look at leading men because that's ultimately what I'm aspiring to do. But I also look at character actors and people that I'm just in awe by, just because I can relate to it. Votes: 0

I’m always in awe of people who are artists in their fields – people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they’ve created value in the world. Votes: 0

When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing... Votes: 0

I don't myself need that role for God. My view is that creation itself, the universe itself, is the most wonderful thing deserving awe and respect. And that satisfies me as my substitute for God. Votes: 0

After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira Votes: 0

The first moment I saw my wife breastfeed our daughter minutes after birth, I was hit with a thunderbolt of understanding and awe for the miracle of it all, and I still feel that way. Votes: 0

I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing. Votes: 0