Has beens Quote by John Dryden Download Open image “Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.” — John Dryden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Has beens Hours Our past Past POW Time
For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state; From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And… — Alexander Pope Copy Share
Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Are you drawing your life from any source other than God Himself? If you are depending on something else as your source of freshness… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
There is a verse [in the Koran] that says God swears by time. Anything you gain in life, you pay for with your time.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Think'st thou existence doth depend on time? It doth; but actions are our epochs — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
But he has gone, A nation's memory and veneration, Among the radiant, ever venturing on, Somewhere, with morning, as such spirits will. — John Masefield Copy Share Image
“Time is not the one doing the effort (purusharthi), the [awakened] Self (Purush) is the one doing the Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Trust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
A coward is the kindest animal; 'Tis the most forgiving creature in a fight. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been… — John Denver Copy Share Image
In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history, there has never been another day just like today, and there… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Gambling has held human beings in thrall for millennia. It has been engaged in everywhere, from the dregs of society to the most respectable… — Peter L. Bernstein Copy Share Image
And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
During the last 17 years... I have been working at the restoration of a once exhausted hillside. Its scars are now healed over, though… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image