Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place…

Before We end our pilgrimage, 'tis fit that we Should leave corruption, and foul sin, behind us, But with wash'd feet and hands, the…

— Philip Massinger

Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed…

— Pietro Aretino

There is sorrow in repentance but not necessarily repentance in sorrow. Just because you're sad doesn't mean you're changing for the better.

— Anonymous

“Dependence, sorrow, repentance, a longing to change—these are the gates to God's kingdom.”

— Philip Yancey

For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well…

— Steven Pinker

Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses but not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values…

— Barack Obama

In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in constant chaos.…

— Yi-Fu Tuan

Wealth from trade was the mainspring of Western material advance; the visible agents of change were great guns. These came of age in Europe…

— Peter Padfield

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

— Coventry Patmore

When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves,…

— Tim Huelskamp

We don't have a state, neither in Gaza nor in the West Bank. Gaza is under siege and the West Bank is occupied. What…

— Ismail Haniyeh

As far back as she could remember, a phantom life had mocked her with its impenetrable “something else,” but now it was the opposite.…

— Laini Taylor

We don't have time to waste. Our communities are crumbling; our children are under siege. Failing schools and a for-profit prison-industrial complex are sucking…

— Susan L. Taylor

These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition…

— Samuel Johnson

“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their…

— Anonymous