Mighty Quotes
789 Mighty quotes by 569 unique authors
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All the territorial possessions of all the political establishments in the earth--including America, of course-- consist of pilferings from other people's wash. No tribe, howsoever…
— Mark Twain
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Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.
— Richard Watson Gilder
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What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know…
— William Hazlitt
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Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole, Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them…
— Walter Scott
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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood-- Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good.…
— Henry Fielding
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No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.
— John Milton
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O madness to think use of strongest wines And strongest drinks our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear…
— John Milton
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A…
— Emma Lazarus
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Lo! body and soul!--this land! Mighty Manhattan, with spires, and The sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships; The varied and ample land,--the South And…
— Walt Whitman
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Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?
— John Keats
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The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them…
— Homer
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It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in…
— Samuel Smiles
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But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully of…
— Evelyn Underhill
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Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail.
— Charles Churchill
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When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.
— Hugh Sidey
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Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings? Ah, who is this lady fine? The Vine, boys, the Vine! The mother of the…
— Bryan Procter
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The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.
— Decimius Magnus Ausonius
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Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the…
— George Farquhar
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That great, mighty current of evolution which is advancing the life of everything in creation is simply invincible - no one can resist it.
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on…
— Jack White
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Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.
— Thomas Seward
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Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid. In the past, whenever I had fallen short in almost any undertaking, it was seldom…
— Arthur Gordon Webster
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Difficulty is a nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who rocks her foster children roughly, but rocks them in strength and athletic proportion. The mind, grappling…
— Kobe Bryant
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I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him
— Kenneth Wapnick
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