Hands Quotes

12486 Hands quotes by 5912 unique authors

These bright roofs, these steep towers, these jewel-lakes, these skeins of railroad line - all spoke to her and she answered. She was glad they… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand. — William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw was right. He summed it all up when he said: "The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother… — Dale Carnegie
In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the faith to believe… — Helen Steiner Rice
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a… — Josh Billings
They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities. — Thucydides
The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will… — James Madison
You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was… — James Madison
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people,… — George Washington
Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge,… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand. — Charles Dickens
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:… — Thomas Paine
Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the… — Thomas Jefferson
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those… — James Madison
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports… — Alexander Hamilton
The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its details, whatever gaps,… — Victor Hugo
If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a… — Lady Gaga
Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and the… — David Miliband
People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but the next day they're smiling, holding hands, tenderly embracing one another, then they cannot be… — Michel Foucault
He who is only a traveler learns things at second-hand and by the halves, and is poor authority. We are most interested when science reports… — Henry David Thoreau
Mediocrity is a hand-rail. — Baron de Montesquieu
Everyone in this world is dealt a different hand-some better, some worse than others-but what's more important is how you play that hand. This is… — Unknown Author
One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in… — Dean Koontz
Open your hands if you want to be held. — Unknown Author

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