Captivity Quotes

81 quotes by 69 authors

We are responsible for our captivity to sin. In our foolishness, we forget God. However, God intervenes! — Louie Giglio
Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity — Martin Luther
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great… — Martin Luther
The journey through another world, beyond bad dreams beyond the memories of a murdered generation, cartographed in captivity by bare survivors makes sacristans of us… — Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give - my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose… — Robert D. Hales
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to the… — Sheena Iyengar
Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming an ancestral stream. — Evelyn Waugh
If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're… — Hugh Lofting
The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. — Willa Cather
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Is there art that is more beautiful, more divine, and more eternal that the art of martyrdom? A nation with martyrdom knows no captivity. Those… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. — Sam Brownback
Use gentle methods to get whatever good you can from priests and monks who are slaves, as well as from merchants and captives. Resort to… — Vincent de Paul
For a bag of pepper, they could cut each other's throats without hesitation, and would forswear their souls... The bizarre obstinacy of that desire made… — Joseph Conrad
No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to… — Hilda Solis
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
After being in captivity for so long, I can't begin to describe how wonderful it feels to be home in Canada. — Amanda Lindhout
The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on womenâ€™s freedoms in southern Somalia â€“ that type of mentality â€“ thatâ€™s what I… — Amanda Lindhout
Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. — Abraham Lincoln

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