Kneeling Quotes

72 quotes by 66 authors

What are you doing?" "Kneeling before a goddess." "I'm not a goddess." "You are. A goddess, a princess, a queen. As a soldier, I pledge… — Colleen Houck
You bring me to my knees, while I'm scratching out the eyes of a world I want to conquer, and deliver, and despise. And right… — Madonna Ciccone
Better die standing than live kneeling. — Pericles
I would rather die standing than live kneeling — Charb
A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the… — Etty Hillesum
I walked slowly out on the beach. A few yards below high-water mark I stopped and read the words again: WRITE YOUR WORRIES ON THE… — Arthur Gordon Webster
That was the first time I saw a horse start from a kneeling position! — Henny Youngman
A benevolent malefactor, merciful, gentle, helpful, clement, a convict, returning good for evil, giving back pardon for hatred, preferring pity to vengeance, preferring to ruin… — Victor Hugo
There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over. — Frank Zappa
Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected… — Markus Zusak
Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own… — Khalil Gibran
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
And Hermione was struggling to her feet in the wreckage, and three red-headed men were grouped on the ground where the wall had blasted apart.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling. — Oscar Wilde
[Keenan] 'What am I going to do?' He sank to the floor. [Donia] 'Hope that some of us are kinder to you than you've been… — Melissa Marr
People simplify 'Apollonian' into 'mild', and 'calm', and 'cool'. But 'Apollonian' and 'Dionysian' are two sides of one coin--a nun kneeling in her cell, holding… — Robert A. Heinlein
Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure. — Dwight L. Moody
Eric followed Vlad Tepesâ€™s stubby finger, identifying me as the future Happy Meal. Then he stared at Dracula, looking up from his kneeling position. I… — Charlaine Harris
Vin snorted, kneeling in the low tent as she pulled her belt tight; then she crawled over to him. "I don't know how you read… — Brandon Sanderson
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did not die in… — Albert Camus

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