Iron Quotes - Page 39

• I come in a world of iron to make a world of gold.

  Dale Wasserman

  Giving, Gold, World

  "Man of La Mancha". Musical by Dale Wasserman and Mitch Leigh, 1965.

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• At the moment when her eyes closed, when all feeling vanished in her, she thought that she felt a touch of fire imprinted on her lips, a kiss more burning than the red-hot iron of the executioner.

  Victor Hugo

  Eye, Kissing, Fire

  Victor Hugo (2010). “The Works of Victor Hugo”, p.543, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Chains, Cords

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• When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their existence as human beings. Their actions against Nature must lead to their own downfall.

  Adolf Hitler

  People, Principles, Rebel

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• Water: 35 Liters. Carbon: 20 Kg. Ammonia: 4 Liters. Lime: 1.5 Kg. Phosphorus: 800 g. Salt: 250 g. Saltpeter: 100g. Sulfur: 80g. Fluorine: 7.5 g. Iron: 5 g. Silicon: 3 g. And 15 other elements in small quantities. That's the total chemical makeup of the average adult body. For that matter, the elements found in a human being is all junk that you can buy in any market with a child's allowance. Humans are pretty cheaply made.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Children, Makeup, Average

  "Fullmetal Alchemist". Manga by Hiromu Arakawa, 2001 - 2010.

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• As we go through life, even through very rough waters, a father's instinctive impulse to cling tightly to his wife or to his children may not be the best way to accomplish his objective. Instead, if he will lovingly cling to the Savior and the iron rod of the gospel, his family will want to cling to him and to the Savior.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Children, Father, Water

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• Real disciples absorb the fiery darts of the adversary by holding aloft the quenching shield of faith with one hand, while holding to the iron rod with the other (see Eph. 6:16; 1 Ne. 15:24; D&C 27:17). There should be no mistaking; it will take both hands!

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Real, Hands, Shields

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• As Latter-day Saints we must ever be vigilant. The way for each person and each family to guard against the slings and arrows of the Adversary and to prepare for the great day of the Lord is to hold fast to the iron rod, to exercise greater faith, to repent of our sins and shortcomings, and to be anxiously engaged in the work of His kingdom on earth, which is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Herein lies the only true happiness for all our Father's children.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Jesus, Children, Lying

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• Let us hold fast to the iron rod. The Savior urged us to put our hand to the plow without looking back. In that spirit we are being asked to have humility and a deep and abiding faith in the Lord and to move forward-trusting in him, refusing to be diverted from our course, either by the ways of the world or the praise of the world.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Moving, Humility, Hands

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• We can hold to the iron rod even if others slip away and a few end up mocking us from "the great and spacious building."

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Building, Ends, Slips

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• A good method of discovery is to imagine certain members of a system removed and then see how what is left would behave: for example, where would we be if iron were absent from the world: this is an old example.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Science, Discovery, Example

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• Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones.

  William Whewell

  Art, Science, Discovery

  William Whewell (1856). “Lectures on the Progress of Arts and Science, Resulting from the Great Exhibition in London ...”, p.22

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• I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Rust, Might, Bronze

  "'Iron Lady' unveils her bronze statue", uk.reuters.com. February 22, 2007.

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• There there is nothing like a wilderness journey for rekindling the fires of life. Simplicity is part of it. Cutting the cackle. Transportation reduced to leg - or arm - power, eating irons to one spoon. Such simplicity, together with sweat and silence, amplify the rhythms of any long journey, especially through unknown, untattered territory. And in the end such a journey can restore an understanding of how insignificant you are -- and thereby set you free.

  Colin Fletcher

  Cutting, Journey, Hiking

  Colin Fletcher (1997). “River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea”, Knopf

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• Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best!

  Thomas Gray

  Daughter, Power, Hours

  Thomas Gray, John Mitford (1816). “The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his poetry; by the Rev. John Mitford”, p.20

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• After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains-one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change; but the nature of the Atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it; only wash away the dross and see it.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Peace, Soul, Gold

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3104, Manonmani Publishers

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• In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires.

  Edith Wharton

  Stars, Fire, Sky

  Edith Wharton (2016). “Ethan Frome”, p.18, First Avenue Editions

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• There were no shortcuts, I realized. It took years of racing to build up the mind and body and character until a rider had logged hundreds of races and thousands of miles of road. I wouldn't be able to win a Tour de France until I had enough iron in my legs, and lungs, and brain and Heart.

  Lance Armstrong

  Heart, Character, Winning

  Lance Armstrong (2012). “It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life”, p.50, Random House

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• Let tyrants shake their iron rod.

  William Billings

  Tyrants, Shakes

  William Billings (1977). “The Complete Works of William Billings: The singing master's assistant : 1778 ; Music in miniature : 1779”

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• I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made with lard! - that were cooked on the top, or in the oven, of that ancient iron stove.

  Vernon L. Smith

  Memories, Hot, Taste

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• You know, my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by the iron feet of oppression. There comes a time, my friends, when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of humiliation, where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspiring, Tired, July

  Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Speech at MIA Mass Meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church, kinginstitute.stanford.edu. December 5, 1955.

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• Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned at random with branding irons, flaming pitchforks, and razor-wire whips. -From the story Remember, Remember, Hell in November, in the anthology, Lawyers in Hell.

  Larry Atchley Jr.

  Soul, Wire, Stories

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• You've been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-'fess up! With your great experience, don't you honest, cross-your-heart, think that perhaps-just maybe-when a country has gone money-mad, like all our labor unions and workmen, with their propaganda to hoist income taxes, so that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne'er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!

  Sinclair Lewis

  Country, Real, War

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• Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Inspiring, Games, Giving

  Said at a rally in 1980. "Singapore's Founding Father Lee Kuan Yew Dies at 91", www.bbc.com. March 23, 2015.

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• A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has stuck into the foot, another thorn is requisitioned, and when the thorn is taken out, both are thrown away. So the bad tendencies are to be counteracted by the good ones, but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Taken, Feet, Golden

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2281, Manonmani Publishers

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