Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. It has kept mankind in slavery and oppression. The Church and the State have always fraternally united… — August Bebel
In that glorious day when we stand before our beloved Savior to report what we have done with His name, may we be able to… — Mervyn B. Arnold
I played a lot of baseball growing up, and I always hit better if I kept moving before the pitch instead of standing still in… — Jason Dufner
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemists’ shops, and which often save… — Richard Whately
My soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate. — Sri Chinmoy
As we have considered the critical need to strengthen families and homes, we have felt that the Lord would have us encourage His beloved daughters… — Linda K. Burton
My own habit had always been to write about the things that ticked me off in a given day. If I kept a journal at… — Ariel Gore
While helping hundreds of thousands of refugees, Red Cross volunteers undoubtedly heard stories of Nazi brutality and rumors of mass gassings and they noted those… — David Duke
A prisoner lived in solitary confinement for years. He saw and spoke to no one and his meals were served through an opening in the… — Anthony de Mello
If the world kept a journal, many of the entries would be conversations concerning the advancement of scientific knowledge and its importance to humanity. I… — Flavia Weedn
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. — Anita Diament
There is a distinction between failing and being a failure. Few things are learned in life without failing at least once. Did you learn to… — John Templeton
Your giving is sacred and therefore should be kept secret. It is wise to give quietly with no strings attached. — Catherine Ponder
Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that… — Plutarch
How long the night seems to one kept awake by pain. — Bernard-Joseph Saurin
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. — Saint Francis de Sales
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic… — John Thomas Sladek
Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at… — Ambrose
Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared… — Miguel de Cervantes
I never was so rapid in my virtue but my vice kept up with me. — Henry David Thoreau
Now at last the slowly gathered, long-pent-up fury of the storm broke upon us. Four or five millions of men met each other in the… — Winston Churchill
Have we not all, amid life's petty strife, Some pure ideal of a noble life That once seemed possible? Did we not hear The flutter… — Adelaide Anne Procter
I've actually been looking at plays, and I have read a bunch of stuff. I would love to do it. I have thought about theatre… — Jerzy Jeszke
Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw. — George Eliot
None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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