Hold Upon Quotes

22 quotes by 21 authors

A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student. — Robert Louis Stevenson
You often get a better hold upon a problem by going away from it for a time and dismissing it from your mind altogether. — Frank Hall Crane
When the April wind wakes the call for the soil, I hold the plough as my only hold upon the earth, and, as I follow… — Dallas Lore Sharp
Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past… — Calvin Coolidge
Calvinism emphasizes divine sovereignty and free grace; Arminianism emphasizes human responsibility. The one restricts the saving grace to the elect; the other extends it to… — Philip Schaff
Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold… — Plato
We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. — Pope Leo XIII
When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. — Samuel Johnson
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival of the Republic. Are we… — Douglas MacArthur
What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness… — Edmund Burke
Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except… — Thomas Jordan Jarvis
As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection. — Ellen G. White
She had turned her back upon them all and no awful fate had overtaken her; instead, she had taken a firm hold upon life and… — Louis Bromfield
There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see… — Victor Hugo
Do you know who Karl Marx is? He is this strange little man, long dead, who lived his narrow little life, and somehow managed by… — Anchee Min
Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success. — Babette Deutsch
At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above… — Alfred Noyes
Prayer lays hold upon God and influences Him to work. This is the meaning of prayer as it concerns God. This is the doctrine of… — Edward McKendree Bounds
The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the… — Kurt Student

Who Wrote These Hold Upon Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 22 Hold Upon Quotes as follows: