"The flowers of Spring may wither, the hope of Summer fade, The Autumn droop in Winter, the birds forsake the shade; The winds be lull'dâ€”the Sun and Moon forget their old decree, But we in Nature's latest hour, O Lord! will cling to Thee."

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Source : Reginald Heber (1827). “Hymns, written and adapted to the weekly church service of the year”, p.97

Reginald Heber

#Summer Quotes #Spring Quotes #Flower Quotes

“As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.”
“I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.”
“I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful.”
“Sports is, somehow, a religion.”
“Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive elements of life consumable.”
“In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the new British armies at the outbreak of the Great War, but it must, in their honour and fairness to their memories, be said that they were motivated by the highest purpose, and died in their tens of thousands in Flanders and Gallipoli, believing that they were giving their lives in the cause of human liberty everywhere, including Ireland.”
“No man was ever great by imitation.”
“I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.”

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