Grievous Quotes

73 Grievous quotes by 67 unique authors

'Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face.' Thus do I challenge the human race. Bombastes: So have I heard… — Unknown Author
Gun control has proved to be a grievous failure, a means of disarming honest citizens without limiting firepower available to those who prey on the… — Doug Bandow
I am going a long way With these thou seëst-if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)- To the island-valley… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime! — Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
What we count the ills of life are often blessings in disguise, resulting in good to us in the end. Though for the present not… — Matthew Henry
Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to… — Benjamin Franklin
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation… — Orson Pratt
I’d rather be a straight ‘self-proclaimed homosexual’ than a racist, ignorant, hate-filled bigot in Rise Up Australia any day. This party wants to end multiculturalism… — Unknown Author
Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe their strongest colors to our imaginations. There is nothing so grievous to be borne that pondering upon… — Jane Porter
The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the… — John Steinbeck
The Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans said that those who pass judgment on others are 'inexcusable.' The moment we judge someone else,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities, that is, in difficult and grievous outward and inward circumstances, during sickness, sorrow, and… — John of Kronstadt
When our burdens are grievous to be borne, when we face a world in which it seems that there is only struggle and no rest,… — Chieko N. Okazaki
They're in the red zone. They're in the last 20 yards, and you can't let them cross that goal line. You can't let them score… — Benjamin Netanyahu
It is grievous to be caught. — Horace
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort.… — Charles Spurgeon
More grievous than tears is the sight of them. — Antonio Porchia
The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of… — Maimonides
Restoring prayer ... will scarcely at this date solve the grievous public school problem. Public schools are expensive and massive centers for cultural and ideological… — Murray Rothbard
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have… — Anthony Trollope
When an unconquered country is conquered, people are killed... . That the beloved of the Gods finds very pitiful and grievous. ... If anyone does… — Ashoka
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to… — Harold B. Lee
Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be… — Saint Basil
Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden… — Kenneth Kaunda
To accept anything on trust, to preclude critical application and development, is a grievous sin. — Vladimir Lenin

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