A Quote by Henry David Thoreau

We loiter in winter while it is already spring.

Henry David Thoreau

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Spring While Winter

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Henry David Thoreau
American - Author
July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862

Through winter-time we call on spring, And through the spring on summer call, And when the abounding hedges ring Declare that winter's best of all: And after that there's nothing good Because the spring time has not come- Not know that what disturbs our blood Is but its longing for the tomb.

William Butler Yeats

Autumn to winter, winter into spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall,-- So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift, we know not that we move.

Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the eye of benevolence sparkles at the sight of happiness and plenty: in winter, compassion melts at universal calamity, and the tear of softness starts at the wailing of hunger and the cries of the creation in distress

Samuel Johnson

When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

Paulo Coelho

If winter should say, 'Spring is in my heart,' who would believe winter?

Khalil Gibran

Winter isn't forever. Winter is always followed by spring. And it's how to take advantage of whatever season you're in.

Tony Robbins

When the winter comes, be very happy; because the spring comes only if the winter comes!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

There's four seasons in the UK, spring, autumn, winter and winter.

Steve Fowler

Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most of spring is disappointing. We looked forward to it too long, and the spring we had in mind in February was warmer and dryer than the actual spring when it finally arrives. We'd expected it to be a whole season, like winter, instead of a handful of separate moments and single afternoons.

Barbara Holland

Do not wish an everlasting spring! Without tasting the winter, you cannot get pleasure out of the spring!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

winter is past, and we have a prospect of spring that is superior to spring itself.

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

Winter always turns into Spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone heard or seen of winter turning back to autumn.

Nichiren

Loiter in the neighborhood of a problem. After a while a solution strolls by.

Harold Rosenberg

While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.

Daisaku Ikeda

The air's warm with hopeful hints of spring in it. Spring would be a good time for an uprising, I think. Everyone feels less vulnerable once winter passes.