Logo
Quote by Saint Augustine
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a g

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart. – Saint Augustine

Other quotes by Saint Augustine

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. – Saint Augustine

Category:
great
Author
Saint Augustine
Read Quote

If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing. – Saint Augustine

Category:
Change
Author
Saint Augustine
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
great
category

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. – Joseph Addison

Category:
great

Its hard to be humble, when youre as great as I am. – Muhammad Ali

Category:
great

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. – Coretta Scott King

Category:
great

I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Category:
great

Random Quotes

A bosom friend — an intimate friend, you know — a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Category:
Friendship

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. – Harold Wilson

Category:
History

Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise. – Matthew Prior

Category:
Tact, Tactfulness

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with ones own understanding of how to understand the world. – Peter Davison

Category:
Poetry