Quotes about kin
kings thinking should-have
I know that some readers think (The High King) should have ended differently. I cried for three days afterwards. Lloyd Alexander
kings hero men
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain. Lloyd Alexander
kings politics hard
It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it. LL Cool J
kings moon men
The 'nations,' as they are called, with whom our pretended ambassadors, secretaries, presidents, and senators profess to make treaties, are as much myths as our own. On general principles of law and reason, there are no such 'nations.' ... Our pretended treaties, then, being made with no legitimate or bona fide nations, or representatives of nations, and being made, on our part, by persons who have no legitimate authority to act for us, have intrinsically no more validity than a pretended treaty made by the Man in the Moon with the king of the Pleiades. Lysander Spooner
kind cruelty worst
It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it. Lucy Maud Montgomery
kings finals argument
The final argument of kings Louis XIV
kings should temper
Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper. Louis XIV
kindness blow abuse
A thousand kindnesses do not make up for a thousand blows. Louise Bogan
kind birth surprise
Another thing about creation is that every day it is like it gave birth, and it's always kind of innocent and refreshing. So it's always virginal to me, and it's always a surprise. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
kindness character be-kind
Character is the architect of the being. Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
kings pride jim-crow-laws
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive Lou Brock
kindness thoughtful people
When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless. John Gardner
kings cobblers fame
From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame. John Gay
kings church world
Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold its own. John Foxe
kings clouds looks
You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon them, and you will see their increasing glory, like that increasing cloud (1 Kings 18:44). John Flavel
kings reality long
I read and I read; and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality. John Fowles
kings eye men
King Duncan looked up and swept his gaze slowly around the room. Cassandra, he saw, was defiant as ever. Arald's face was set and determined. Halt and Crowley's faces were inscrutable in the shadows of their cowls. The two younger men were both a little wide-eyed- obviously uncomfortable at the emotions that had been bared in the room. There was still a hint of admiration in Will's eyes, however, as he continued to stare at the Baron. Rodney was nodding in agreement with Arald's statements, while Gilan made a show of studying his nails. John Flanagan
kings trying nuisance
Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently they constantly feel the need to get the better of their masters. They’re bad enough when they’re learning. But when they graduate, they become unbearable. [The Kings of Clonmel Pg.268] John Flanagan
kings intelligent doe
...at the time, King Herbert felt that to remain safe, the kingdom needed an effective intelligence force." "An intelligent force?" said Will. "Not intelligent. Intelligence. Although it does help if your intelligence force was also intelligent. John Flanagan
kings rooms tone
Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive - until they realized that he was already among them. They weren't used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically - not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival. John Flanagan
kings
I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living John Flanagan
kindness lying sake
I never lie for the sake of kindness,” he murmured, smiling. “One of my many flaws. Lisa Kleypas
kindness growth realizing
The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness Lionel Barrymore
kings kissing monkeys
It was just a kiss – " "Yeah, and King Kong was just a monkey. Linda Howard
kings world able
You supposed to be able to do anything in this world. That's what Martin Luther King told me. Lil Wayne
kings tears emotion
Sometimes I wanna drop a tear but no emotion from a king. Lil Wayne
kindness real believe
The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them. Leo Tolstoy
kind study objects
Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new. Leo Tolstoy
kindness thoughtful people
The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people. Leo Tolstoy
kindness intelligent mysterious-things
The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful. Leo Tolstoy
kings slave
Kings are the slaves of history. Leo Tolstoy
kingdoms helping significance
The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God. Leo Tolstoy
kings accomplishment humanity
History, that is to say, the unconscious, universal life of humanity, in the aggregate, every moment profits by the life of kings for itself, as an instrument for the accomplishment of its own ends. Leo Tolstoy