Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not fine yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown his work. So do you also cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labor to make all one glow or beauty and never cease chiseling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendor of virtue, until you see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine.
Quotes about overcast (15 Quotes)
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.
Once we get into the winter months, we tend to stay overcast quite a bit. A lot of times we do get lake effect cloudiness, and that prevails for quite a long period of time.
No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife.
Only on the third class tourist class passengers' deck was it a sultry overcast morning, but then if you do things on the cheap you must expect these things.
Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit.
Then I paint again for a while if the sun is shining a picture of the lake, if it's overcast then a landscape from the window of my room.
The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.
The weather will kind of dictate what I do. It looks like it's going to be warm and clear, which isn't the best situation for me. That allows you to sight fish, and these guys can all do that. I think I'd do better with a cold, overcast day, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
It was overcast and chilly on that Wednesday afternoon, and the temperamental Williams was in a cantankerous mood as he chased away panting writers and photographers before the game. After one cameraman tried to snap him in the clubhouse, Ed Linn wrote in his 1993 biography, Hitter, ... Get one like this
This morning was overcast and grey with low track temperatures and Alex suffered a low speed accident.
The day on which the black cloud of dust from the collapsed skyscrapers overcast the blue sky over New York will go down in world history,
I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast.
But clouds blanketed some skies over Great Britain, dimming the display. It is a disappointment, but we are at the mercy of the elements, ... It's been overcast all night and I haven't been able to see anything at all.
We're seeing lower wind, higher humidity, overcast skies with the potential of rain. That should help contain the fire to make it easier to put out.