Held Quotes

2520 quotes by 1835 authors

The sky puts on the darkening blue coat held for it by a row of ancient trees; you watch: and the lands grow distant in… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I would be very proud if, one day, I'm held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It's what I'm working hard towards. — Cristiano Ronaldo
The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, held out in the smoke, like stars by day. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups. — P.G. Wodehouse
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly… — Benjamin Franklin
Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God. — Mark Twain
My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear ... now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation… — Og Mandino
I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me… — George Bernard Shaw
"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is at hand: "To… — Karl Pearson
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. — Thomas Malthus
Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost… — Baruch Spinoza
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for… — Ambrose Bierce
The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being held dogmatically, they… — Bertrand Russell
Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood… — Winston Churchill
Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the first… — Carolyn Maloney
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or… — Henri Nouwen
When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was… — Mark Twain
Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things, are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves. — Euripides
If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections, held together but separable - each segment distinct. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Who Wrote These Held Quotes

1,835 authors contributed a total of 2,520 Held Quotes, led by these top contributors: