Behind Us Quotes
171 quotes by 149 authors
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I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in…
— Chinua Achebe
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It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns on all sides, we have…
— Julie Burchill
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
— Thomas Carlyle
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The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.
— Chesty Puller
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The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our…
— John Owen
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have…
— Umberto Eco
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My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two…
— Samuel L. Jackson
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The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind - a…
— David Trimble
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We just believed in ourselves, and we knew that we had an entire city and maybe an enitre country behind us. What can I say?…
— Drew Brees
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We are at last being recognised as the indigenous people of this country whom must share in its future. This is not a day of…
— Galarrwuy Yunupingu
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I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I…
— Jackie Robinson
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Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility…
— Louis Bernacchi
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The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are…
— Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Why are you hitting me, there is nobody behind us!
— Henny Youngman
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We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed…
— Wesley Clark
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Women are the bloodthirsty sex," said Ric sadly. "We get the reputation, but it is only because the women stand behind us, and say, Kill…
— Patricia Briggs
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No matter what we have come through, or how many perils we have safely passed, or how many imperfect and jagged - in some places…
— Randolph Bourne
Who Wrote These Behind Us Quotes
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