Quotes about Swift
The first harsh, sparse, swift drops rush through the leaves and across the ground in a long sigh, as though of relief from intolerable suspense.
— William Faulkner
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.
— Psalm 58:9
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
— Jeremiah 2:23
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
— Proverbs 1:16
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
— Amos 2:14
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
— Job 9:25
The Lord rideth,' he said, low and threatening, 'upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt.
— Barbara Kingsolver
deliberation we may hesitate; but a deliberated act must be performed swiftly
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
— Joel 2:4
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
— Psalm 59:4
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
— Song of Solomon 2:17
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
— Romans 3:15