Quotes and Sayings about Footsteps
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."
- Matsuo Basho
(Related: Footsteps)
"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought."
- Matsuo Basho
(Related: Men, Footsteps, Old)
"He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic."
- Nicolas Bentley
(Related: Father, Footsteps)
"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."
- Sitting Bull
(Related: Footsteps, Man, Now, Poor)
"I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor."
- Martin Van Buren
(Related: Trust, Men, People, Footsteps)
"And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"
- Barbara Bush
(Related: Day, Footsteps, May, President, Will)
"Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!"
- Barbara Bush
(Related: Day, Footsteps, May, President, Will)
"There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam."
- Eliza Cook
(Related: Home, Heart, Footsteps, Land, May)
"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
- William Cowper
(Related: God, Footsteps, Plants, Sea, Wonders)
"I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films."
- Illeana Douglas
(Related: Brooks, Comedy, Footsteps, May)
"I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second chance myself, I would certainly try to repeat my present career."
- Richard Ernst
(Related: Career, Chance, Footsteps, Intention, Present)
"Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps."
- Elizabeth George
(Related: Art, Wisdom, Talent, Encouraging, America, Dying, Footsteps, Necessity, Writers, Writing)
"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever."
- Khalil Gibran
(Related: Divinity, Footsteps, Humanity)
"I am a great admirer of Sen. Frist, who is a nationally known heart surgeon and well known in Nashville as a great family man who has dedicated his life to helping others and, in that regard, he has followed in his father's footsteps."
- John Jay Hooker
(Related: Family, Life, Heart, Father, Footsteps, Man)
"Then to have Brett come along and follow in the footsteps, it's so gratifying. I get as much enjoyment out of watching Brett play as I did of entertaining people myself."
- Bobby Hull
(Related: People, Enjoyment, Footsteps, Play)
"A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood."
- Franz Kafka
(Related: Footsteps, Wood)
"Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave."
- Francis Scott Key
(Related: Blood, Footsteps, Grave, Pollution, Terror)
"I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well."
- Leo Kottke
(Related: Sister, Footsteps)
"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."
- Alan Ladd
(Related: Father, Son, Chance, Footsteps)
"Molecular collision dynamics has been a wonderful area of research for all practitioners. This is especially true for those who were following the footsteps of pioneers and leaders of the field twenty years ago."
- Yuan T. Lee
(Related: Footsteps, Leaders, Research, Years)
"My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years."
- Christina Milian
(Related: Advice, Footsteps, Patience, Years)
"I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps."
- James Cash Penney
(Related: Time, Footsteps)
"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."
- David Soul
(Related: History, Science, Father, Footsteps, Influence)
"I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps."
- Thomas Sydenham
(Related: Nature, Footsteps, Intention)
"I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps."
- Sigrid Undset
(Related: Education, Father, Footsteps, School)
"Work alone will efface the footsteps of work."
- James Whistler
(Related: Work, Footsteps, Will)