Quotes about Song
Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, 'He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.'
— Charles Spurgeon
Why does a silly bird go on saying "chiff-chaff" all day long? Is it happiness or hiccups?
— AA Milne
It's not a great song unless it makes your DNA remember Eden and your spirit long for Home.
— Mark Lowry
Next to theology I give to music the highest place and honor. And we see how David and all the saints have wrought their godly thoughts into verse, rhyme, and song.
— Martin Luther
In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.
— Max Lucado
Make ready for the Christ, whose smile like lightning, sets free the song of everlasting glory that now sleeps—in your paper flesh. Thomas Merton
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.
— Margaret Mead
Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
— Khalil Gibran
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
— Khalil Gibran
Like the sparrow, I've got a song to sing. Unlike the sparrow, I must sing mine by faith.
— Elisabeth Elliot
You are the promised kiss of springtime that makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening that trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
— Frank Sinatra
For the vacant nest and silent song, Hope was there, and laughed me out of sadness; Whispering, Winter will not linger long!
— Emily Bronte