Kingdoms Quotes - Page 17

• The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair is a limitless trust and hope. The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness. To work for community is to work for humanity. To work for peace is to work for a true political solution; it is to work for the Kingdom of God. It is to work to enable every one to live and taste the secret joys of the human person united to the eternal.

  Jean Vanier

  Brother, War, Community

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• Ah, Eugenie. I know. We will be victorious, you and me. We're the strongest monarchs in this world. You and I will lead this army, and we will conquer the Rowan land. We'll split it between us, adding on to our kingdoms...and from there, we can go anywhere. We could rule half this world together - all of this world - you and me. Kingdom after kingdom would fall to us.

  Richelle Mead

  Fall, Army, Land

  Richelle Mead (2012). “Richelle Mead Dark Swan Bundle: Storm Born, Thorn Queen, Iron Crowned & Shadow Heir”, p.808, Zebra Books

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• The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Blessed, Order, Punishment

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• I say one thing, you write another, and those who read you understand still something else! I say: cross, death, kingdom of heaven, God...and what do you understand? Each of you attaches his own suffering, interests and desires to each of these sacred words, and my words disappear, my soul is lost. I can't stand it any longer!

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Writing, Heaven, Soul

  Nikos Kazantzakis, Peter Bien (1988). “The Last Temptation of Christ”, p.415, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind. Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky And the affrighted steed ran on alone, Do not weep. War is kind. Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment, Little souls who thirst for fight, These men were born to drill and die. The unexplained glory flies above them, Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom -A field where a thousand corpses lie. Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.

  Stephen Crane

  Lying, War, Fighting

  Stephen Crane (1899). “War Is Kind”, p.4, Library of Alexandria

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• What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.

  Adam Smith

  Invisible Hand, Economic, Wealth Of Nations

  1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.4, ch.2.

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• Night is not something to endure until dawn. It is an element, like wind or fire. Darkness is its own kingdom; it moves to its own laws, and many living things dwell in it.

  Patricia A. McKillip

  Moving, Night, Fire

  Patricia A. McKillip (1979). “Riddle of Stars”

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• When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.

  Ezra Pound

  Fall, Empires, Diminish

  Ezra Pound (1970). “A Memoir of Gaudier-Brzeska”, p.114, New Directions Publishing

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• In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.

  Alejo Carpentier

  Beautiful, Sacrifice, Greatness

  Alejo Carpentier (1990). “The Kingdom of this World”, Andre Deutsch

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• When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I see down-razed And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the watery main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay; Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away. This thought is as a death which cannot choose But weep to have that which it fears to lose.

  William Shakespeare

  Ocean, Loss, Winning

  William Shakespeare (1973). “Shakespeare’s Sonnets: The Problems Solved”, p.130, Springer

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• I bet you Cinderella didn't get along with Prince Charming's friends. Oh sure, the knights and barons probably put up with her on account that she was pretty and had such dainty feet and all, but you should know every duchess and contess in the kingdom hated her guts.

  Janette Rallison

  Knights, Feet, Charming

  Janette Rallison (2009). “How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend”, p.7, Penguin

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• I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.

  Ernst Junger

  Heart, Garden, Giving

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• A mist. A great mist. It covered the entire kingdom. And everyone in it - the good people and the not so good, the young people and the not-so-young, and even Briar Rose's mother and father fell asleep. Everyone slept: lords and ladies, teacher and tummlers, dogs and doves, rabbits and rabbitzen and all kinds of citizens. So fast asleep they were, they were not able to wake up for a hundred years.

  Jane Yolen

  Mother, Teacher, Dog

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• Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come

  Mario Puzo

  Blow, Hands, Life Is Like

  Mario Puzo (1996). “The Last Don”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• There are no 'ifs' in God's Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Jesus, Mad, Perfect

  Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill (2006). “The Hiding Place”, p.234, Chosen Books

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• My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.

  Karen Russell

  Weather, Kind, Older Sister

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• If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

  Confucius

  Music, Profound, Desire

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• My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her... It's never over, All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter... It's never over, She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever.

  Jeff Buckley

  Laughter, Kissing, Blood

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• One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown.

  Vera Nazarian

  Kings, Stars, Children

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• And is it the way, in these kingdoms you fell from, for a woman to join forces with an unnatural child who's murdered her friend? Or is that expectation unique to you, and your infinitesimal heart?

  Kristin Cashore

  Children, Heart, Unique

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.235, Penguin

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• I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too naïve to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would you give to be ME?' she inquired. 'Not a bad sixpence - strange as it may sound', I replied. 'You are but a poor creature.' 'You don't think so in your heart.' 'No; for in my heart you have not the outline of a place: I only occasionally turn you over in my brain.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Heart, Thinking, Giving

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• Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!

  Jim Henson

  Strong, Children, Cities

  "Fictional character: Sarah". Labyrinth, www.imdb.com. 1986.

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• In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart.

  Vera Nazarian

  Honesty, Heart, Dark

  "The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration: Old Wisdom for a New World". Book by Vera Nazarian, 2010.

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• Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  MAYA ANGELOU (1969). “I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS”

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• It was a kingdom of dreams — a place where things would be just the way I wanted them to be.

  Judith McNaught

  Dream, Would Be, Way

  Judith McNaught (2016). “A Kingdom of Dreams”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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