Pebble Quotes

“It only takes one pebble to start an avalanche.”
― Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

“There is nothing more disgraceful than a vain man."

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
― Devin Madson, The Blood of Whisperers

“A bullet is naught but a glorified pebble.”
― Jason Heller, Taft 2012

“I think maybe bad things seem worse when people are alone. When they can turn that bad thought over and over in their head, polishing it like a stone, until it shines dark and black. Maybe the key to making things better is being with other people. Little by little, smiles and laughter and hugs can chip away at any dark stone, even if it’s as big as a boulder to start. Then finally, bit by bit, it shrinks until it’s no bigger than a pebble, something that even I could kick down the road.”
― Shannon Wiersbitzky, What Flowers Remember

“An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reaches the shore.”
― Jeffrey G. Duarte

“A pebble thrown in a pool
may ripple from end to end,
but tossed into the sea,
it is swallowed by enormity.”
― Craig Froman, An Owl on the Moon: A Journal From the Edge of Darkness

“Every thought you have, every move you make, is like a pebble dropped into water, Theo. It continues to make ripples. That’s why it is so important your rhythms be true to life’s Spirit. For in that way, your future will always rest in compassion. For such is life’s Spirit. It is the spirit of compassion. May this office and your cadence thrum with the kindness of your holy hands, Dr. Snow.”
― Steven James Taylor, the dog

“A rock, a large piece of rock weathers off a cliff and dives deep into a pool of gushing water. Back washed, It journeys roughly and knocks of other rocks, smashing through the waves as it loses itself in scattered pieces except for its core. That core travels far and wide, it coarsely gets ground by gravel pieces smaller than itself and bullied by boulders all of which it bears up as it withstands the pressure of a distant journey off the shore. At some point, it gets dry and it encounters mud, it gets smeared dirty but the mud doesn't stick, the rain washes of the mud and it rolls off into the sand. It dances in the sand and dives into the bottom of the waves.

Rising like a phoenix through the ashes, it emerges polished, looking more beautiful than it did when it got edged of the cliff. It rises a pebble, smooth and sleek. Coveted by rocks starting their dive.

To be a pebble you have to run the turbulent tidal race.”
― Victor Manan Nyambala

“Words are like a pebble, and the heart is like a river.
What happens when a pebble is thrown into a river? It causes a ripple.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“Never foresee clemency
be it from flower or pebble
amidst frenzy gales.

(Haiku)”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“On the table before them were wooden boxes, one for each pair of opponents, and piles of pebbles: white for the fly-bys, black for the challengers. At the end of the contest, each judge threw a pebble into the box. If the two competitors were equal, he could cast a tie vote by placing one pebble of each color in the box.”
― George R.R. Martin, Windhaven