Bridle Quotes

37 Bridle quotes by 35 unique authors

If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. — Peire Cardenal
If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that… — Peire Cardenal
My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live… — Jonathan Swift
We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… — Thomas Jefferson
A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly,… — Seneca the Younger
The faculty of imagination is both the rudder and the bridle of the senses. — Leonardo da Vinci
The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle… — R. Kent Hughes
The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly suppressed.… — Unknown Author
He turn'd his charger as he spake, Upon the river shore, He gave his bridle reins a shake, Said, "Adieu for evermore, my love, And… — Walter Scott
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle. — Theophrastus
Do not let the loud utterances of your own wills anticipate, nor drown, the still, small voice in which God speaks. Bridle impatience till He… — Alexander MacLaren
Aspirations must be pure and free of selfishness. Arising from the depths of the soul, aspirations are spiritual demands penetrating all of a human life… — Mas Oyama
God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That doesn't mean he… — Barbara Johnson
Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther… — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle. — Plutarch
No government likes the clever and the honorable men, because it is impossible to bridle them; they are independent! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas. — Alexander Herzen
Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without… — John Climacus
Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted… — Pliny the Elder
Perspective is to painting what the bridle is to the horse, the rudder to a ship. — Leonardo da Vinci
Prosperity lets goe the bridle. — George Herbert
I do not know if you bridle your pen, but when my pencil moves, it is necesary to let it go, or - crash!... nothing… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking… — William Drummond
My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But… — D. H. Lawrence
The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate.… — Holly Black

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