Keepers Quotes

• I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Thinking, Herds

  Henry David Thoreau (1995). “Walden, Or, Life in the Woods”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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• My feeling toward the animal is that he is our younger brother, and that we are our brothers keeper.

  Mary Johnston

  Brother, Animal, Feelings

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  If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

  Marlon Brando

  Brother, Executioners, Ifs

  Marlon Brando's speech written for the Academy Awards, as it appeared in the New York Times, March 30, 1973.

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• While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Disappointment, Father, People

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• And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

  William Gurnall

  Saint, Prison, Found

  William Gurnall (1862). “The Christian in Complete Armour: Or, A Treatise on the Saints' War with the Devil ...”, p.1

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• You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold.

  Tiffeny Milbrett

  Player, Mold, Gamer

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• We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf

  Doctors, America, Bankers

  This Week with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. September 12, 2010.

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• Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Brother, War, Should Have

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• Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other.

  Angela Davis

  Zoos, Jail, Prison Population

  Angela Davis: An Autobiography ch. 1 (1974)

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• Everyone is the keeper of a dream

  Oprah Winfrey

  Dream

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• Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.

  David Mamet

  Police, Groups, Citizens

  David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

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• I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.

  Nellie Bly

  Thinking, Insane, Release

  Nellie Bly (2016). “Ten Days in a Mad-House”, p.5, Nellie Bly

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• I do feel we have several great keepers on this team. We just need to get them that experience.

  Lorrie Fair

  Team, Needs, Feels

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• Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Love, Sports, Nurse

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.

  Eric Hoffer

  Brother, Jail, Chance

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• I can't think of anyone I've mistreated. I've always thought that I am my brother's keeper. And I believe there's a 'great spirit' that takes care of all of us.

  B. B. King

  Brother, Believe, Thinking

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• I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

  Marlon Brando

  Country, Brother, Thinking

  Marlon Brando's speech written for the Academy Awards, as it appeared in the New York Times, March 30, 1973.

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• The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother's keeper, or his keeper's brother.

  Evan Esar

  Nature, Brother, Zoos

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• If she drinks beer, she's a keeper.

  Granger Smith

  Drinking, Beer, Ifs

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• The oppressed must never allow the conscience of the oppressor to slumber. Religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Brother, Men

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand years, and tower far above our mortal heads. As such they are symbols and keepers of unlimited power, longevity, and timelessness. An untouched forest, studded with trees of all ages, sizes and types, is more than a mysterious, magical place - it is one of the energy reservoirs of nature. Within its boundaries stand ancient and new sentinels, guardians of the universal force which has manifested on the the Earth. . . .

  Scott Cunningham

  Vegetables, Years, Long

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• Jesus, I don't want to be a secret keeper with my faith. I want to be a bold and gracious truth proclaimer. For You. With You. Because of You. Me, the unwanted girl whom You loved, redeemed and wanted.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Girl, Jesus, Secret

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jun 24, 2014

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• Finders were keepers unless title was proven.

  Harper Lee

  Titles, Proven

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.

  Christopher Paolini

  Doors, Evil, Balance

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1661, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your keeper. He has kept you hitherto. Do you but hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or he will give you strength to bear it.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Hope, Father, Hands

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