Slays Quotes

24 Slays quotes by 20 unique authors

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for… — Henry Ward Beecher
Boredom slays more of existence than war. — Norman Mailer
There's no weapon that slays its victim so surely (if well aimed) as praise. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power. — Dante Alighieri
The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race. — Charles Bradlaugh
The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. — Norman Mailer
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who… — Plato
And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob, does not withhold his… — Plato
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that… — Georges Bernanos
War its thousands slays, Peace its ten thousands. — Beilby Porteus
Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones. — Charles Spurgeon
Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the… — Dan Fogelberg
If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways, I keep and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive. — Havelock Ellis
Every movement that slays its gods creates new ones, of course. I loathe talk of the sixties and seventies being a 'Greatest Generation' of artists,… — Jerry Saltz
Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion. — Stephen King
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high… — J.R.R. Tolkien
When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart: ~By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too… — Khalil Gibran
The cross where Jesus died became also the cross where His apostle died. The loss, the rejection, the shame, belong both to Christ and to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
'Tis all a Checker-board of Nights and days where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates and slays, and one… — Oprah Winfrey
Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. — Havelock Ellis
Sin goes in a disguise, and thence is welcome; like Judas, it kisses and kills; like Joab, it salutes and slays — George Swinnock
He that slays shall be slain. — Scottish Proverb

Who Wrote These Slays Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 24 Slays Quotes as follows: