Shield Quotes
281 quotes by 244 authors
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All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.
— Aminatta Forna
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My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your…
— Khalil Gibran
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Jesus himself, and most of the message of the Gospels, is a message of service to the poor, a critique of the rich and the…
— Noam Chomsky
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We believe democracy to be the only real guarantor of stability and we have sought to create a 'Jordanian model' that might also inspire others…
— King Hussein I
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Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery
— Charles Simmons
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Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness…
— John Herschel
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They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops,…
— Robertson Davies
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Real life is about accepting ups and downs, the good and the bad, the possibility of failure as well as the ambition to succeed. Atheism…
— Julian Baggini
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I think sometimes we can use spirituality as a vehicle to go closer to the things that frighten us and sometimes we can use it…
— Jon Foreman
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When Eve dropped her shield of faith, every other piece of her spiritual armor became vulnerable.
— Beth Moore
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Experience had taught me that innocence seldom utters outraged shrikes. Guilt does. Innocence is a mighty shield, and the man or woman covered by it,…
— Whittaker Chambers
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A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,…
— John Welwood
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Are you becoming more sweet-spirited, more like Jesus? Are you looking soberly in the mirror each day and praying, ‘Lord, I want to conform to…
— David Wilkerson
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When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.
— Chip Kelly
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I'll tell you the only way to survive: Ask God to place a semi-permeable shield around your heart: One that only allows what He loves…
— Yasmin Mogahed
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What is necessary for the pubic realm is to shield it from the private interests which have intruded upon it in the most brutal and…
— Hannah
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Prayer is a shield to the soul
— John Bunyan
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A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.
— Plutarch
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Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has…
— Naomi Klein
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Nobody has the right to shield any idea as so sacred it can’t be challenged. ... Almost all human progress is driven by people who…
— Glenn Greenwald
Who Wrote These Shield Quotes
244 authors contributed a total of 281 Shield Quotes, led by these top contributors: