Subdue Quotes

90 Subdue quotes by 72 unique authors

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
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely… — J C Ryle
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. — Mahatma Gandhi
The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. — William Penn
If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a… — Vladimir Putin
You are afraid of it because it is stronger than you; you hate it because you are afraid of it; you love it because you… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
A terrible premonition washed over me. This was how the whole world would end.... They would devour the forest and excrete piles of buildings made… — Robin Hobb
What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it… — Umberto Eco
To subdue one's self to one's own ends might be dangerous, but to subdue one's self to other people's ends was dust and ashes. Yet… — Dorothy L. Sayers
The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again; and… — Edmund Burke
At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washèd it away: Again I wrote it with a second hand,… — Edmund Spenser
Impelled by feelings that were primal yet paradoxically wholly impersonal. Feelings of contempt born of inchoate, unacknowledged fear--civilization's fear of nature, men's fear of women,… — Arundhati Roy
Subdue your heart to match your circumstances. — Joni Eareckson Tada
From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue… — Elizabeth Gilbert

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