Logo - Feel The Words

Gathered Quotes

Wisdom collected from every corner, gathered in one place.

This collection gathers lines about assembling, collecting, and bringing things together, from mental gems compiled like precious stones to communities forming around shared belief. For more reflections on togetherness, see our Family quotes.

In high school and college, I gathered a number of medals for marksmanship, but I have long since abandoned this activity, having concluded that the world would be a better place with fewer sharpshooters.

Quotes by Raymond Davis, Jr.

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

Quotes by Peter Pace

I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.

Quotes by Nicolas Roeg

I come from a large family, with 16 cousins. My cousins studied well and moved to the U.S. When we all gathered together for special occasions, they would be well groomed and confident. I was the odd, useless one out....

Quotes by Nani

The six of us gathered at my house, and we walked to the polls. I'll never forget it. Not a Negro was on the streets, and when we got to the courthouse, the clerk said he wanted to talk with...

Quotes by Medgar Evers

I think at the age of 30, you still have youthful aspects, but at the same time, you have gathered enough experience to know how to succeed in life. I like this mixture.

Quotes by Manuel Neuer

I wrote the first draft of 'Madame Bovary' without studying the previous translations, although I gathered them and took the occasional peek.

Quotes by Lydia Davis

I gathered that those two Big-shot Boys, Joe + Fletcher, just was afraid to let me sing, thinking maybe I'd sort of ruin their reputations with their musical public. They not knowing that I had been singing all of my...

Quotes by Louis Armstrong

The time of day when there was quiet and serenity was every night when we gathered in my parents' bedroom and knelt down together and prayed.

Quotes by Kerry Kennedy

Invention, strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come of nothing.

Quotes by Joshua Reynolds

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.

Quotes by John Nelson Darby

The Lord did not bless us with any children of our own, so we gathered up little waifs whom we thought would be neglected and would not be cared for unless we brought them into our family.

Quotes by John Harvey Kellogg

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.

Quotes by John F. Kennedy

There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple...

Quotes by Jane Smiley

In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.

Quotes by Hervey Allen

I have asked the village blacksmith to forge golden chains to tie our ankles together. I have gathered all the gay ribbons in the world to wind around and around and around and around and around and around again around...

Quotes by Harry Crosby

Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

Quotes by Guru Nanak

The materials of the novelist must be real; they must be gathered from the field of humanity by his actual observation.

Quotes by Goldwin Smith

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.

George Eliot

Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits.

Quotes by Frank Perdue

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the "gathered" theme mean in this quotes collection?
It centers on assembling and bringing things together, whether ideas, people, or objects, into something greater than their separate parts.
Are these quotes only about physically collecting objects?
No, several lines use "gathered" more broadly, from a council convened to settle disputes to proverbs described as gems collected from the mind. For more on how gatherings shape close bonds, see our Family quotes.
Is there a quote about historical or religious gatherings?
Yes, one line references a council gathered to confirm a point of doctrine, showing the word applies to formal assemblies as well as everyday collecting.
What's the connection between "gathered" and everyday wisdom?
One well-known line compares proverbs to gems gathered from the mind's own diamond fields, tying the word to accumulated wisdom over time.
Where can I find more quotes related to this theme?
Our Life quotes explore related ideas about moments and people coming together over the years.

Whether it's a council convened to settle a dispute or flowers arranged into something meaningful, these sayings capture the quiet power of assembly. Continue browsing with our Life and Good quotes collections.