He Cannot Quotes

500 quotes by 376 authors

God never asks us to give what we do not have . . . But he cannot use what we will not give. — Richard Stearns
A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation… — Mikhail Bakunin
It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business… — Vance Palmer
... most of all the actor will love the boys and girls, the men and women, who sit in the cheapest seats, in the very… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or… — A J Liebling
A scientist has to be neutral in his search for the truth, but he cannot be neutral as to the use of that truth when… — Carrie P Snow
When someone is full of Love and Compassion, he cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or two religions. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated. — Robert A. Heinlein
No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. — Niccolo Machiavelli
A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and… — Plato
Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He… — William Cowper
I don't know if I can convey the postman as I feel him... Unfortunately he cannot pose, and a painting demands an intelligent model. — Vincent Van Gogh
Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but… — Stephen Leacock
The artist has to look at life as he did when he was a child. If he loses that faculty, he cannot express himself in… — Henri Matisse
A painter must compensate the natural deficiencies of his art. He has but one sentence to utter, but one moment to exhibit. He cannot, like… — Joshua Reynolds
This is the constitutional limitation of man's knowledge and interests, the fact that he cannot know more than a tiny part of the whole of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that… — Kimon Nicolaides
Every successful painter has worked hard. He cannot rest after having gained a certain degree of facility in drawing, and expect to retain it. He… — Walter J. Phillips
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit,… — Napoleon Bonaparte

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