Famous Quotes & Sayings

Alan Chadwick

Patience is not a virtue!

William Shakespeare

If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.

William Shakespeare

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Edmund Burke

That cardinal virtue, temperance.

Edmund Burke

All virtue which is impracticable is spurious.

Archibald Alexander

Virtue consists in doing our duty in the several relations we sustain, in respect to ourselves, to our fellowmen, and to God, as known from reason, conscience, and revelation.

Juvenal

Virtue is the only and true nobility. [Lat., Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus.]

Juvenal

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Bertolt Brecht

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

Clint Hurdle

The fact is, Kim pitched without a fastball or command of it. That's usually a recipe for disaster in this park.

Gary North

Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.

Eddie Campbell

I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.

Chester W. Nimitz

When you're in command, command.

Granth Sahib

Wherever He sends them, there they go. By His Command, the Lord, Har, Har, abides within our minds; by His Command we merge in Truth.

Tom Slater

Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swing on him, but other than that, they didn't take any good swings at him.

Tyra Banks

Being first lady is not just about being the wife but really taking command and having true vision.

Moses

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Sammy Day

She had good control and command of her change-up. She just kept them off-balance.

French Proverb

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

Francesca Cantalini

Many beggars always have puppies. They buy them on the illegal market for a few euros (dollars). The puppies are often sedated, so that they don't move around, and when they grow up who knows what happens to them.

Atharva Veda

Wealth, treasures, and household are all just ruins; the Lord's Feet are the only treasure. Nanak is a beggar standing at Your Door, God; he begs for Your charity.

Emmanuel Jal

I was shocked when I came to New Orleans. I never knew there were beggars on the streets here. I didn't know that there were poor people. I thought this was Heaven, you know?

Carol Vorderman

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now.

Muhammad Yunus

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like 'customers' who can and should demand quality care.

Jeff LaBar

We're not shy about using that name to get people out to see us, but once they're there, we hook them in with Naked Beggars songs. But we do a few Cinderella songs.

William Butler Yeats

Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot!A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot,Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!The beggars have changed places but the lash goes on.

Source Unknown

If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.