Shepherds Quotes
192 quotes by 151 authors
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We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the…
— Allan Bloom
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
— Winston Churchill
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The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Fundamentally, our Lord's message was Himself. He did not come merely to preach a Gospel; He himself is that Gospel. He did not come merely…
— J. Sidlow Baxter
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Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep!Ê It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Come to earth to taste our sadness, He whose glories knew no end. By His life He brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend. Leaving…
— Charles Wesley
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Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others…
— Eric Hoffer
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Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of…
— Edward Said
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One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd!
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The fields are still ripe for harvesting (cf. Jn 4:35); God continues to give the growth (cf. 1 Cor 3:6). We can and must believe,…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf.
— Earl Derr Biggers
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The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
— Martin Heidegger
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When we worship you in the form of bread... we always see you as an adult. But every year at Christmas, you reveal yourself to…
— Chiara Lubich
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Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd. Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be servants of unity.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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This is precisely the reason for the dissatisfaction of some, who end up sad - sad priests - in some sense becoming collectors of antiques…
— Pope Francis
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Too many leaders act as if the sheep.. their people.. are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for…
— Ken Blanchard
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A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the…
— Peter Guber
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I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.
— Amy-Jill Levine
Who Wrote These Shepherds Quotes
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