Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
Quotes about trifling (16 Quotes)
Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.
Christendom appears clearly to me to be one of those trifling, insignificant arts, which has never been of any substantial advantage to mankind.
A trifling piece of Europe is making life unbearable for mankind. The Czechs, the vile race of dwarfs without any culture - nobody even knows where they came from - are oppressing a civilized race, and behind them, together with Moscow, there can be seen.
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory.
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
Be a friend. You dont need money Just a disposition sunny Just the wish to help another Get along some way or other Just a kindly had extended Out to one whos unbefriended Just the will to give or lend, This will make you someones friend. Be a friend. You dont need glory. Friendship is a simple story. Pass by trifling errors blindly, Gaze on honest effort kindly, Cheer the youth whos bravely trying, Pity him whos sadly sighing Just a little labor spend On the duties of a friend. Be a friend. The pay is bigger (Though not written by a figure) Tan is earned by people clever In whats merely self-endeavor. Youll have friends instead of neighbors For the profits of your labors Youll be richer in the end Than a prince, if youre a friend.
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
Are we not all members of the same Body and partakers of the same Spirit and heirs of the same blessed hope of eternal life ... Why do we not, as becomes brethren, dwell together in unity, but are so apt to quarrel and break out into heats, to crumble into sects and parties, to divide and separate from one another upon every trifling occasion Give me leave ... in the name of our dear Lord ... to recommend to you this new commandment of his, that ye love one another. Which is almost a new commandment still, and hardly the worse for wearing, so seldom is it put on, and so little hath it been practiced among Christians.
Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.
Employ oneself upon trifling professional matters which others could do.