They Left Quotes

113 quotes by 102 authors

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons,… — Karen Armstrong
In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.… — Abraham Lincoln
When Maryam Babangida and Mariam Abacha built the Women Centre and the National Hospital they did not carry the buildings when they left government. I… — Patience Jonathan
As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal. — Jose Mourinho
I had a few fibroids removed, and they left me with a Grand Canyon of scar tissue in my uterus. The doctors weren't sure I'd… — Holly Marie Combs
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding… — Shirley Chisholm
Sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us, but the truth is, it's not our loss, but theirs, for… — Melisa Cantiveros
By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
People who think that they are being exploited should ask themselves whether they would be missed if they left, or whether people would say: Good… — Thomas Sowell
I dropped my hoe and ran into the house and started to write this poem, 'End of Summer.â€™ It began as a celebration of wild… — Stanley Kunitz
I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they… — Chris LeDoux
My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading… — Rick Riordan
The Iraqis had paid a terrible price for Saddam's folly (in the Gulf War). But looking at the devastation they left behind (in Kuwait), my… — Margaret Thatcher
Itâ€™s just starting. I think itâ€™s going to take another year and a half to get up to critical mass, but everybody loves Chinese food,… — Andrew Zimmern
Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when… — P D Ouspensky
The little boy had wandered away from his mother, tacking across the grass toward the play structure. His mother watched him go, proud, tickled, unaware… — Michael Chabon
An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning… — Daniel Yergin
All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a state of poverty,… — Pope Clement VIII
"We will make such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves and Men. Forth the Three Hunters!" Like… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Forgiving the people that hurt us most allows us to heal from the wounds they left. — LeCrae

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