Subdue Quotes

90 quotes by 72 authors

No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. — Thomas a Kempis
Let us, then, try what love will do, for if people once see we love them, we should soon find that they would not harm… — William Penn
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events,… — John Henry Newman
Give me some mud off a city crossing, some ochre out of a gravel pit and a little whitening and some coal dust and I… — John Ruskin
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked… — John of Kronstadt
If you see the fury and hear the howling of the tempest, or read of shipwrecks, think of the storm of human passions causing daily… — John of Kronstadt
To Subdue an enemy without fighting is the greatest of skills — Sun Tzu
I've firmly come to the conclusion that there are no 'themes' for me anymore. I can't be told who to hate, who to fight, who… — Ram Dass
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I had learned volleyball in the Navy, where all the captains and admirals wanted to be spikers, and I found then that a man who… — James A. Michener
The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this to Russia, and… — Vladimir Putin
R-4 got stuck on the First Law. "Can anyone really protect a human being from all harm whatever?" it thought. "No. It is inevitable that… — John Thomas Sladek
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Unknown Author
One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing… — Criss Jami
For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the… — C.S. Lewis
In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue. — Edmund Spenser
Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on… — Emma Goldman
Subdue By force, who reason for their law refuse, Right reason for their law. — John Milton
There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in. — Brigham Young

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