Quotes about Wonder
Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.
- Vincent Van Gogh
Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only appropriate attitude.
- Pope John Paul II
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I simply cannot get over what a surprising and wonderful life God has given me.
- Stanley Hauerwas
Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure.
- Nikki Giovanni
Life is...the moments that take your breath away.
- Will Smith
We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.
- Paulo Coelho
The next time you are faced with an insurmountable problem, I'd advise you to look into the heavens on a clear night.
- Jim Cymbala
Anthony moved about, magician-like, turning the mushroom lamp into an orange glory
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Their [the eggs] physical resemblance must be a source of perpetual wonder to the gulls that fly overhead. To the wingless a more interesting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
It is God's new creative act, his great reclamation project that is even greater than the creation itself, because whereas we are "wonderfully created," we are "yet more wonderfully restored."
- Fleming Rutledge