Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.Quote by Bruce Barton about nothing
But aesthetics is not religion, and the origins of religion lie somewhere completely different. They lie anyway, these roses smell too sweet and the deep roar of the breaking waves is too splendid, to do justice to such weighty matters now.Quote by Rudolf Otto about religion, lie, justice
American Splendor that's a satirical name. People who would look at it wouldn't think my life was splendid at all. They'd think it was kind of funky.Quote by Harvey Pekar about life, name, americans, people
All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.Quote by William Faulkner about opinion, perfection, failure, dream, impossible
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.Quote by Thomas Browne about people, man