Plough Quotes

62 quotes by 58 authors

Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and plough straight thither. The moment… — John Peter Altgeld
Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed… — Henry Van Dyke
Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. — Benjamin Franklin
To watch the corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to… — John Ruskin
One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were,… — Louis Agassiz
Pay little attention to discouragement as possible. Plough ahead as a steamer does, rough or smooth - rain or shine. To carry your cargo and… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Before the bud swells, before the grass springs, before the plough is started, comes the sugar harvest. It is sequel of the bitter frost; a… — John Burroughs
Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud. — Joe Abercrombie
Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He… — Samuel Rutherford
The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim… — Andrei Tarkovsky
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
Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like the green earth… — Selma LagerlÃ¶f
The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars — James Connolly
You canâ€™t plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Either you get out there and plough it or it doesnâ€™t get done. — Chris Murray
In the wounds our sufferings plough immortal love sows sovereign seed. — Gerald Massey
I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perished in his pride; Of him who walked in glory and in joy, Following… — William Wordsworth
Affliction comes to us all ...not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed,… — Henry Ward Beecher
We are building a special capability at Schering-Plough to respond to these and other challenges with innovation, speed and flexibility. We aspire to continue being… — Fred Hassan

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