Prophesy Quotes

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I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. — Winston Churchill
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and… — John of Damascus
...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she… — William Crookes
When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in those acquisitions, thinking… — John Flavel
You have delivered up our holy German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will… — Erich Ludendorff
But I feel convinced, and I venture even to prophesy in this regard, that the time will come when there will also be a minister… — Fredrik Bajer
The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons,… — Keith Miller
Iâ€™m not a prophet. Iâ€™m a destiny-changer. Itâ€™s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if youâ€™ve got the… — Sun Ra
No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist,… — Roger Williams
Under the sublime law of progress, the present outgrows the past. The great heart of humanity is heaving with the hopes of a brighter day.… — Horace Mann
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree, What the glory of thy boughs shall be? — Lucy Larcom
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to… — Wendell Berry
...notice how he will come to manhood with his own particular soul bespeaking itself through the windows which are his eyes, and such lovely eyes… — Jack Kerouac
Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who… — Walter Russell Mead
Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. — Josh Billings
The artist must prophesy not in the sense that he foretells things to come, but in the sense that he tells his audience, at the… — Robin G. Collingwood
A woman's long hair symbolizes that she submits to God's plan and to the family leadership of her husband. It is her glory. It is… — David K. Bernard
On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is better retained, it would have been safe to prophesy such… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing… — George Sand

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