#tears

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#blood #confederacy #fight #give #large

I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. ↗

— Giuseppe Verdi

#alone #am #art #bear #emotion

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. ↗

— Julie Burchill

#completely #correct #death #honestly #inappropriate

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#i #nothing #offer #sweat #tears

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable. ↗

— Rene Daumal

#certain #certain degree #clearest #degree #distinct

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances. My approach is so simple; every song I sing, every story I tell, every move I make, must move the audience to laughter, tears or inspiration. Otherwise, why should I do it? ↗

— John Davidson

#audience #every #i #i do #inspiration

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. ↗

— Isak Dinesen

#cure #salt #sea #sweat #tears

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears. ↗

— Dorothy Dix

#cry #hasn #human #human being #laughs

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears. ↗

— Alfred Douglas

#forged #good #link #patiently #poetry

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. ↗