Force Quote by George Herbert Download Open image “The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.” — George Herbert ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Force Men Sight
“Lyon Redmond was either a man on a pilgrimage in search of salvation, or a man out to burn on the pyre of his… — Julie Anne Long Copy Share Image
“In a uniform a man can go about in the flank of a great beast of which he's never seen the head” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Odysseus is the statesman of the Iliad, the man in the middle, keeping what balance he can among the parties. He shows himself at Troy, as later on Ithaca, as a firm conservative, in the sense that he props up the status quo—in this case, his insufficient chief. In his own poem a complementary side to his law-and-order propensity will… — Eva Brann Copy Share
“To his mild surprise, the men were still out in the yard. Someone had even hung up the swordsmanship targets, which would certainly be… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Fafhrd, his back to a great oak, had his broadsword out and was holding off two of Rannarsh's henchmen, who were attacking with their… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
“He killed, his sword shearing, shield and horse a ram, pushing in, and further in, opening a space by force alone for the momentum of the men behind him. Beside him a man fell to a spear in the throat. To his left, an equine scream as Rochert's horse went down. In front of him, methodically, men fell, and fell,… — S.U. Pacat Copy Share
“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
“He knew it was necessary to drive the French out, but he had always imagined that this would be done gloriously, with thousands of… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Throughout their whole existence men are blind; So, Faust, be thou like them at last.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“King Richard, who was a strong, restless, burly man, with one idea always in his head, and that the very troublesome idea of breaking… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.] — George Herbert Copy Share Image
By all means use some time to be alone, salute thyself, see what thy soul doth wear. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their fears and openly confront dictators such as in East Germany and Eastern Europe about 22 years ago... The yearning for freedom cannot be contained by walls for long. It was this yearning that brought down the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced to face issues and emotions, feelings, that they have. So it kind of forces them to face it head on, which I think is a really interesting dynamic. And I think it should be interesting and… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share
Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad for both sides. But I don't think the forces are there (that could carry out) an uprising against the leadership. The people that could initiate it are in Israeli prisons. And what could they hope to… — Tom Segev Copy Share
The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws. The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants or wealthy planters, had been founded by one of its illiterate slaves, who, by the sheer force of personality, charisma, and determination, liberated America from foreign rule, united the people, created an alphabet, wrote the… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share