Shades Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old shades quotes, shades sayings, and shades proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

In the gloaming, Oh my darling! / When the lights are dim and low, / And the quiet shadows falling / Softly come and softly go. Meta Orred
An empty bench, a sky of greyest etching, / A bare, bleak shed in blackest silhouette, / Twelve yards of platform, and beyond them stretching / Twelve miles of prairie glimmering through the wet. Bret Harte
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade? Benjamin Franklin
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson
If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old. Lord Chesterfield
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. Tom Peters