Altars Quote by Fitz-Greene Halleck

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Strike, if you will, but listen.

— Themistocles

Strike fast, strike hard, strike often.

— William Halsey

You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.

— George Herbert

“Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon…

— Mark Biltz

To know whom to strike is competence; to know how to strike is skill; to know where and when to strike is art; to…

— James Roby

“Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for…

— Dickens, Charles

I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls, The burial-ground God's-Acre.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Strike as much and as hard as you please, only don't do it in the dark so that I cannot know who is my…

— Victoria Woodhull

Since once again, O Lord, in the steppes of Asia, I have no bread, no wine, no altar, I will raise myself above those…

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“We also fight our war against hail and storm, against drought and deprivation, against the sharp blade of the weeding hoe and the poisonous…

— Ken Liu

Strike while the iron is hot.

— Geoffrey Chaucer