Quotes About Awe

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has people tremble in his presence.

Invece non si tratta di una disgrazia: siamo stati visitati da qualcuno molto grande.

Yet, when these facts are seen side by side with other facts in the case, it is difficult not to become lost in superstitious awe. Their very absurdity seems to prohibit the use of the words 'chance' and 'coincidence.' For the sceptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman Law, it is administered with sub-human inefficiency.

Fearing the Lord means standing in awe of the reality of who God is. When we fear the Lord, we live our lives knowing that God is watching. God in Christ has restored our vision for this—for the believer, fearing God isn't a terror; it's a pleasure.

the idea that the God of the universe would humble himself to touch the lives of any of us is, in the end, far beyond our full comprehension.

Any outstanding dramatic, musical, literary or visual work invariably draws upon powers far beyond our own to lift us onto a plane that is more imaginatively powerful, emotionally thrilling and intellectually stimulating than the mundane one we normally occupy.

Sur terre, ce ne sont pas les occasions de s'émerveiller qui manquent, mais les émerveillés.

And at five o'clock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country.

We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

Here's a comforting thought for you, Peter,' he said. 'However long you may live, the world will never lose its ability to surprise you with its beauty.

What he'd like to say is that he's lived it, if not the entire breadth and depth of the Christian faith then certainly the central thrust of it. The mystery, the awe, that huge sadness and grief. Oh my people.

Call forth thundering Aeschylus.

The awesomeness of God is that even in the works of the Beach Boys, Beatles, etc., the beauty of the music is a mere reflection of what God does everyday. He creates music of all kinds and moods.

Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, I saw something - I don't know what it was to this day. My mind couldn't relate to what it was... If I saw it and knew it was a shark, I wouldn't be as afraid, but I saw something that looked prehistoric, and I haven't been snorkeling since.

Even Hubble hasn't found yet the end of this universe, and we don't know that it has any end.

I sometimes get starstruck when I meet people who I didn't necessarily know what they look like, like directors or DPs, if I'm a huge fan of theirs.

When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it.

There's something about dinosaurs that should be very humbling to human beings.

We were the first human beings who would never see anythign for the first time. We stare at the wonders of the world, dull-eyed, underwhelmed.

God is everything higher which I cannot understand but only believe.

We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

You can't conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … appalling … strangeness

I remembered the ancient flowers Charles had given me near Trés Haut Médoc, cut from the Glass Sea beds. Now he offered me a bouquet of stars. After the weariness and grief, Charles could still take my breath away.

The faith of children is an awesome thing to behold. If only we could all be worthy of it.