Straits Quotes

33 quotes by 31 authors

Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions. — Ambrose Bierce
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God's saints have been held. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Our intention to regard the closing of the Straits as a casus belli was communicated...to the foreign ministers of those states which had supported international… — Abba Eban
If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. — Friedrich Schiller
Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought… — Bob Filner
If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy. — Rumi
The tempest was terrible and separated me from my [other] vessels that night, putting every one of them in desperate straits, with nothing to look… — Christopher Columbus
We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That… — Ike Skelton
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git. — Alexei Sayle
It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His… — William Gurnall
Strifes will arise through the period. Watch for them near the Davis Strait in the attempts there for the keeping of the life line to… — Edgar Cayce
We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are persecuted… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety. — Sun Tzu
Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if… — Francis Bacon
The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the… — Northrop Frye
Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of… — Tony Campolo
Yes! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone. — Matthew Arnold
I think what makes me different from the average Joe is that I feel free to be myself and express myself in the way that… — Paloma Faith

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