Wrested Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole… — Alexander Hamilton
Conscious man, to be sure, has at all times been keenly aware that life is an adventure, that life must, forever, be wrested from death. — Albert Einstein
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100 metres. Then I… — Hanna Reitsch
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments,… — Rudolf Rocker
Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for… — Margaret Visser
Such is the grasping tendency of the human heart, that it must have a something to lay hold ofâ€”and which, if wrested away without the… — Thomas Chalmers
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage. — Indira Gandhi
Victory is only wrested by running risks. — Winston Churchill
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. — Ann Landers
Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and… — John Dewey
The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against… — Samuel Adams
For I'll keep my humanity, though I did not keep my promises. ... and Love shall not be wrested from my veins. — Susan Abulhawa
Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be… — Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
According to this way of arguing, there will be no true principles in the world; for there are none but what may be wrested and… — Jonathan Mayhew
There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. — T.E. Lawrence
The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against… — Sam Adams

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