
Energy and invincible determination, these two things will
sweep away mighty barriers and will surmount the greatest obstacles —
William Walker Atkinson

To realise belatedly that there are Swahili epic poems which rival their European equivalents for
sweep and power has been exciting. —
Giles Foden

Such heaps of broken glass to
sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. —
Robert Frost

I think we are all frightened a little bit when a new broom starts to
sweep. —
Steve Bruce

Books were a healthy drug. They could
sweep me away from storms, make me forget bruises, and soothe any emotional ache, if only for a moment. —
Cara Dee

If I were trying to
sweep you off your feet, you'd be swept. Period. - Adam from Moonlight —
Lisa Kessler

What do we want our kids to do?
Sweep up around Japanese computers? —
Walter F. Mondale

Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur
sweep? —
Fanny Crosby

Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and
sweep the floor. —
Mother Teresa

Not a mouse
Shall disturb this hallow'd house:
I am sent with broom before;
To
sweep the dust behind the door. —
William Shakespeare

I certainly have been guilty of trying to
sweep things under the carpet. —
Kenneth Branagh

The
sweep of his arms was wide and athletic, more like a quarterback than a middling golfer who had dropped off the tour. —
Nichole Bernier

The world is filled with moralizers who forget to
sweep in front of their own doors. —
Jean-Pierre Alaux

Winds
sweep the passages of time
Forever more
Taking, leaving
Memories. —
Tyler Colins

If you let someone
sweep you off your feet, you better be prepared to land on your ass. —
Devan Sipher

The customs and practices of life in society
sweep us along. —
Michel De Montaigne

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later
sweep it away without mercy. —
Joseph Stalin

I don't care if the streets of Heaven are gold or not as long as they're clean and I don't have to
sweep them. —
John Northcutt Young

Truth is buried, deep inside of men,
sweep away each day. —
Dawud Wharnsby Ali

Just like
sweeping the streets,
sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean! —
Mehmet Murat Ildan

A beach is not only a
sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean. —
Henry Grunwald

We live without power of law, like flocks of ravens
they come and
sweep over the land. —
Alexander Pushkin

It's always thrilling to encounter the
sweep of time in a work of fiction in a way that feels authentic and real. —
Michael Chabon

If you don't want love to
sweep into your life, the easiest way to block it is to live a fear-based life. —
Annette Vaillancourt

Cross that rules the Southern Sky!
Stars that
sweep, and turn, and fly
Hear the Lovers' Litany: -
'Love like ours can never die! —
Rudyard Kipling

First you give life and action and guidance to ideas, then they take on power of their own and
sweep aside all opposition. —
Napoleon Hill

All that is born and destroyed is reborn in the
sweep of the ages; Life like a decimal ever recurring repeats the old figure. —
Sri Aurobindo

We do seem, as a culture, to fetishize the "
sweep." But I know there's room for "big" short, fierce novels, and "big" solid ones. —
Meg Wolitzer

When the thick layers of dark clouds occupy the sky, if there is no wind at all to
sweep them away, start blowing with courage and belief! —
Mehmet Murat Ildan

Like a snowplow in overdrive, a supernova shockwave might
sweep away any gas clouds in its path. —
Neil DeGrasse Tyson

On the canvas of life,
Every
sweep of the brush matters,
Counts for something ... —
Scott Hastie

SWEEP!' THe Titan grinned with delight and did a victory dance.'
Sweep,
sweep,
sweep! —
Rick Riordan

There was no wind in all that
sweep of sky. —
Frank Yerby

I opened my eyes really wide and fluttered my eyelashes at him. "I'm sorry, I must've missed your coronation ceremony. Silly me." from Clean
Sweep —
Ilona Andrews

Let everyone
sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. —
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I still hung onto the hope that my broken knight would gallop back into my life and
sweep me off my feet. —
A Meredith Walters

How immense God is, that He is able to
sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations. —
Alistair Begg

If we could
sweep intemperance out of the country, there would be hardly poverty enough left to —
Phillips Brooks

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is
sweep away the debris of shock to find it. —
Will Durst

A new broom can
sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is. —
Paul Mooney

Nothing is static; things always change. The best you can do is change along with them and work with what you have. —
Cate Tiernan

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the
sweep of their endeavors. —
Charles De Gaulle

It is as though he has just recognized me. Then his eyes continue to
sweep, and my heart comes hammering back to my ribs. I'm just being paranoid. —
Lauren Oliver

Some people are a natural administrator. They actually enjoy doing it. I find it a chore. I'm not a details person. I go for the big
sweep. —
Peter Hollingworth

If a person
sweeps streets for a living, he should
sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote. —
Martin Luther King Jr.

Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence,
sweep past us and are carried away. —
Marcus Aurelius

Let the GRATEFUL HEART
sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing. —
Henry Ward Beecher

The Cinderella story in reverse. I only wish there were ashes in the fireplace so I could order you to
sweep them out. —
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

If everyone would
sweep their own doorstep, the whole world will be clean. —
Robin S. Sharma

A presence is made of the tiniest things. I
sweep you up softly. You stayed too long. How is it you fly with every good intention. —
Farrah Field

Lift the rug of your subconscious and
sweep all the dirt under. Good-bye. —
Stephen King

I think there's a mystery to drawing - to the weight of the lines. The
sweep of a line around a corner to create an effect that someone is moving. —
Don Wright

There is no life and there is no death. Life and death are moving shadows cast upon the ground by clouds that
sweep across the sky. —
Frederick Lenz

The giant wave of the science has no mercy; when this colossal wave comes, it will
sweep away anything untrue! —
Mehmet Murat Ildan

She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and
sweep him up. —
P.G. Wodehouse

What was the use trying to make safe and sure our little life? Sooner or later the great wave must come and
sweep all away. —
Erich Maria Remarque

That's why I need a man who can
sweep away the mess I made. —
Nina Ardianti

I saw the autumn leaves peel up of the street, Take wing on the balmy breeze and
sweep you off your feet —
Owl City

In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up
sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again. —
Sandra Bernhard

The fact that you are true child of God doesn't mean you will find gold on the floor when
sweeping. You got to dig up the gold! —
Israelmore Ayivor

Enzo enters with a
sweep of dark robes, bringing with him the scent of wind, night, and death. —
Marie Lu

I was waiting for someone that would
sweep me off my feet and would be swept up by me in equal parts. —
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Problems emerge and some people try to
sweep them under the rug. —
Bill Condon

What do I think of the reverse
sweep? It's like Manchester United getting a penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head —
David Lloyd

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that
sweep you through their current. —
K.d. Lang

There's only one thing that warms my heart, and that is the thought that we are going to
sweep away these bourgeois. —
Emile Zola

I'll
sweep the floors. I've picked up napkins in the men's room. I'm not above anything. —
David Duffield
Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives. —
Henry David Thoreau

I want the audience to be so involved in the
sweep of the music. —
John Eaton