Wonder Quotes

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

They wanna hang us, see us dead, or enslave us, keep us trapped in the same place we raised in. Then they wonder why we act so outrageous, run around stressed out and pull out gauges.

You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.

The touchstone for family life is still the legendary 'and so they were married and lived happily ever after.' It is no wonder that any family falls short of this ideal.

I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a phony.

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.

It was God's word that made us; is it any wonder that His word should sustain us?

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.

I like roses best. But they bloom in all four seasons. I wonder if people who like roses best have to die four times over again.

Only wonder can comprehend His incomprehensible power.

Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up--that growing is an ever ongoing process.

Ever wonder about those people who spend $2 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backward.

Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderstood. People are going to wonder why you're trying to be different; it's just a natural instinct.

Gratitude is the key that unlocks wonder.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

You can spend too much time wondering which of identical twins is the more alike.

Life is an island. People come out of the sea, cross the island, and return to the sea. But this short life is long and beautiful. In getting to know nature man exalts the wonder and beauty of life.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

A monk asks:Is there anything more miraculous than the wonders of nature?The master answers:Yes, your awareness of the wonders of nature.

The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive.

This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language.

I think there should be a rule that everyone in the world should get a standing ovation at least once in their lives.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

Be like a child - clear, loving, spontaneous, infinitely flexible and ready each moment to wonder and accept a miracle.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that; don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder you are. Every star is important to the sky.

Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest?

Of all the wonders that the world had to offer, only art promised immortality.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman.

We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. We say we love trees, yet we cut them down. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved.

Our lives are changing, this old world keeps turning. And I sit here and wonder, baby, what we're really learning.

We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Certainly I've lived my whole life through my imagination. But the world of imagination is there for all of us--a sense of play, of pretending, of wonder. It's there with us as we live.