Shields Quotes

252 quotes by 215 authors

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale… — Winston Churchill
The one thing I can tell you is that you wont survive for yourself. I know because I would never have come this far. A… — Cormac McCarthy
For time and eternity there have been fathers like Nathan who simply can see no way to have a daughter but to own her like… — Barbara Kingsolver
I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. — E. M. Forster
Do not fear so, here is one who would be a blade at your back. A shield across your breast. Here is kin, here is… — Andre Norton
Once or twice a day, I am enveloped inside what I like to call the Impenetrable Shield of Melancholy. This shield, it is impenetrable. Hence… — Sarah Vowell
What they forget is that, from Ancient Greece on, the people who returned from battle were either dead on their shields or stronger, despite and… — Paulo Coelho
Scar tissue has no character. It's not like skin. It doesn't show age or illness or pallor or tan. It has no pores, no hair,… — Susanna Kaysen
In a world of unrest and fear, political turmoil and moral drift, I testify that Jesus is the Christâ€”that He is the living Bread and… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side. — Mercedes Lackey
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want… — Walt Disney
Arise, arise, Riders of ThÃ©oden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not… — Stephen R. Lawhead
And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to… — Mariama BÃ¢
Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones,… — Saint Augustine
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. — Frank Herbert
So everything we believe about happiness is wrong," I said. He nodded. Everything?" I asked, when what I meant was, Everything? Including you? Including me?… — Megan McCafferty
And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by… — Libba Bray
No", Tori said, " I kidnapped her and forced her to escape with me. I've been using her as a human shield against those guys… — Kelley Armstrong

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