The Earth Quotes

There is no heaven on Earth. Not now anyway.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.

God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth and He tries you through and through.

We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.

[T]he kingdom of God... is to be a political institution that shall hold sway over all the earth; to which all other governments will be subordinate and by which they will be dominated.

Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.

The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.

As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others.

Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake; For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened - Man's forgiveness give and take!

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.

There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

There is one rule in the garden that is above all others. You must give to nature more than you take. Obey it, and the earth will provide you in glorious abundance.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

Everything costs and costs the earth.

What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise?

People reside within qi and qi resides within people. From heaven and earth down to the ten thousand things, each one requires qi to live.

We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.

When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.

I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.

Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.

The fish in the water is silent, the animals on the earth is noisy, the bird in the air is singing. But man has in him the silence of the sea, the noise of the earth and the music of the air.

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with the earth's last love. I will take life's final offering, I will take the last human blessing.

Space travel benefits us here on Earth. And we ain't stopped yet. There's more exploration to come.

My father! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother, and on her bosom I will recline.

When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's like my favorite thing on earth.

What is the key to life on Earth?

When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on earth.

The wolf is living for the earth.

The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.

Few people on earth know Peter Drucker and his work better than Bruce Rosenstein. This is a welcome, unique and very personal addition to Drucker's incomparable legacy.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.

The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking.

The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep roots in the past and is almost universal.

Kindness is an essential part of Gods work and ours here on earth.

Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.

This is my calling, this is why I was put on this earth-to make a difference in people's lives.

What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven?

O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.

In closing, the greatest threat to peace on this earth is the arrogance of a super-power [America] that is out of control.

God created the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the waves for our enjoyment. Surfing is just my way of worshipping Him.

God made a whole beautiful earth and decided to put you in it, to experience all of this beauty. You can't do that watching television all the time.

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.

The things that happen in your life are either your choices or opportunities and lessons the universe has put before you. Life on earth is like college and we're all just trying to pass the courses.

We have to change this whole earth into a tremendous festival, and it is possible because man brings all that is needed to transform this earth into a paradise.

Most of what has lived on Earth has left behind no record at all.

Then all this earth shines like one house.

Humanity is on the march, earth itself is left behind.

All true work is sacred. In all true work, were it but true hand work, there is something of divineness. Labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven.