Gate Quotes - page 2

Up from Earth's Centre through the Seventh Gate rose, and on the Throne of Saturn sate; And many a Knot unravel'd by the Road; But not the Master-knot of Human Fate. (Omar Khayyám)
Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy. View quote
Francis Bacon
Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through. View quote
Bob Dylan
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. View quote
Virginia Woolf
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. View quote
Kahlil Gibran
Triumphant hours are the Lark's Who circles skywards from his home each day: World's early riser, with bubbling golden song, Towards the firmament, guardian of April's gate. View quote
Dafydd ap Gwilym
For everyone and everything, there is a time to die. Some do not know it, or would delay it, but its truth cannot be denied. Not when you look into the stars of the ninth gate. View quote
Garth Nix
To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over. View quote
Joseph H. Hertz
The sun is a-wait at the ponderous gate of the West. View quote
Sidney Lanier
I have heard of a monk who in his cell, had a glorious vision of Jesus revealed to him. Just then, a bell rang, which called him away to distribute loaves of bread among the poor beggars at the gate. He was sorely tried as to whether he should lose a scene so inspiring. He went to his act of mercy; and when he came back, the vision remained more glorious than ever. View quote
Theodore L. Cuyler
They looking back, all th' Eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late thir happie seat, Wav'd over by that flaming Brand, the Gate With dreadful Faces throng'd and fierie Armes: Som natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them soon; The World was all before them, where to choose Thir place of rest, and Providence thir guide: They hand in hand with wandring steps and slow, Through EDEN took thir solitarie way. (John Milton)
O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow. View quote
Thomas Aquinas
I won't tell you how I managed to break in, since I don't want the authorities figuring out, but let's just say that if you're going to make a gate, make sure it reaches all the way to the ground. View quote
Meg Cabot
The heart is a gate-less gate to divinity. Move to the heart. We are all hung up, stuck in the head - that is our problem. The only problem is that we think too much. There is only one solution - get down from the head to the heart. All your problems will disappear. Problems are created by the head. The heart is innocent. The heart is a fountain of love. View quote
Vasant Lad
It's going to take some time this time To get myself in shape. I really fell out of line this time, I really missed the gate. The birds on the telephone line, (next time) Are cryin' out to me, (next time) And I won't be so blind next time And I'll find some harmony. View quote
Carole King
When I stretch, I stretch in such a way that my awareness moves, and a gate of awareness finally opens. View quote
B.K.S. Iyengar
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself. View quote
Celine Dion
If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner. View quote
Isaac D'Israeli
A crafty nightrunner died of late, And found himself at Bilairy's Gate. He stood outside and refused to knock Because he meant to pick the lock. View quote
Lynn Flewelling
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated. View quote
Douglas Horton
San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate. (Gavin Newsom)
One Tree Hill was my very first television audition; it was a fairytale. I feel really lucky to have that level of success right out of the gate. View quote
Hilarie Burton
Maybe you weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth, but like every American, you carry a deed to 635 million acres of public lands. That's right. Even if you don't own a house or the latest computer on the market, you own Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and many other natural treasures. View quote
John Garamendi
For me, modern technology has ruined romance and movies - nobody can run to the airplane gate anymore. View quote
Lorene Scafaria
It's all about work when you reach up, tap in and step on that field. You don't mess around when you go through that gate. View quote
Lawrence Jackson