Behind Him Quotes
183 Behind Him quotes by 151 unique authors
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Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his signal success in life. He may…
— Swami Vivekananda
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A young songwriter shouldn't think he or she doesn't stand a chance because someone has big corporate people behind him. Never look at it like…
— Ronald Isley
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... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and…
— Emanuel Lasker
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The editor of a newspaper cannot be independent, but must work with one hand tied behind him by party and patrons, and be content to…
— Mark Twain
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I worked with John, but I had enough sense to walk just a little ways behind him. I could have made more records, but I…
— June Carter Cash
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Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way,…
— William Penn
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Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said in the faraway…
— Terry Pratchett
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I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this…
— A A Milne
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Only a fool trips on what’s behind him. – Unknown
— Monica Murphy
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Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
— William Godwin
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The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him…
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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Many times I've gone on tours with Paul Anka. He would have someone sitting behind him to keep people from even talking to him. You…
— Ben E. King
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Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him, her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground.
— Jimi Hendrix
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Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together.…
— Garth Nix
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If you look into the past of the successful painter you will find square miles of canvas behind him.
— Charles Webster Hawthorne
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With smoking axle hot with speed, with steeds of fire and steam, Wide-waked To-day leaves Yesterday behind him like a dream. Still, from the hurrying…
— John Greenleaf Whittier
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He that can toy with his ministry and count it to be like a trade, or like any other profession, was never called of God.…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Throughout human history the waste of mind has been appalling, and, as this story is meant to show, society has conspired to promote it. No…
— Henry Adams
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There exists no more repulsive and desolate creature in the world than the man who has evaded his genius and who now looks furtively to…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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