#sight

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. ↗

— Andre Gide

#discover #does #lands #long #long time

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ↗

— Andre Gide

#cannot #discover #lose #man #new

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#absurd #admirable #agreed #barack #barack obama

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#comes #enough #his #insight #limitations

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#insight #nothing #terrible #without

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#certainty #dream #i #know #makes

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#into #many #master #one thing #same

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem. ↗

— Dexter Gordon

#about #being #communicate #composition #depriving

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#glory #sight #spare #visions

No, I was never one of those positive people who believes he can have whatever he sets his sights on. I just kept working at it. ↗

— George Miller

#his #i #just #kept #never