Knees Quotes - Page 23

• It is not that God is stingy and must be coaxed, for He "giveth liberally and upbraideth not." It is that we ourselves are so shallow and sinful that we need to tarry before Him until our restless natures can be stilled and the clamor of outside voices be deadened so that we can hear His voice. Such a state is not easily reached, and the men God uses have paid a price in wrestlings and prevailing prayer. But it is such men who rise from their knees confident of His power and go forth to speak with authority.

  Vance Havner

  Prayer, Wrestling, Men

  Vance Havner (0101). “Blood, Bread and Fire:: The Christian’s Threefold Experience”, p.10, Solid Christian Books

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• If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, School, Ifs

  Vance Havner (1976). “All the Days”, Fleming H. Revell Company

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• He felt a little lost, after that experience. Lost as the girls on their knees. It was a never-ending story of young girls losing themselves, such that they were no longer humans with any souls or characters, but pretty girls with fat asses and nice tits.

  Jess C Scott

  Girl, Nice, Character

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• It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.

  Jonathan Hull

  Lonely, Loneliness, Life Is Too Short

  Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books

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• In the mighty name of Jesus, all knees shall bow; all tongues shall confess! Now, in the name of Jesus, you are released!

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Names, Tongue

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• Blood trickled down his chin as he was hauled up onto his knees, the golden rope securing his arms behind him and his ankles together. Arthur looked up and saw the fizzing sparkling crown coming down. I’m Arthur Penhaligon, he thought desperately... The crown was wedged tightly upon his head- and Arthur fell silently screaming into darkness.

  Garth Nix

  Blood, Darkness, Together

  Garth Nix (2010). “The Keys to the Kingdom #4: Sir Thursday”, p.147, Scholastic Inc.

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• I prefer to die standing than to live on my knees.

  Charb

  Standing, Dies

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• No one can do in the octagon what I can do. That 'Showtime Knee' - I never even practiced that once.

  Anthony Pettis

  Showtime, Can Do, I Can

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• Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.

  Martyn

  Prayer, Men, Soul

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• The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer.

  Jo Durie

  Decision, Gone, Body

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• A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Work, Gentleman, Legs

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.252

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• It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.

  William Shakespeare

  Pride, Men, Glasses

  William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.642

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• And long shall timorous fancy see The painted chief, and pointed spear, And Reason's self shall bow the knee To shadows and delusions here.

  Philip Freneau

  Self, Long, Shadow

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.813, Library of Alexandria

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• Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.

  William Cowper

  Christian, Prayer, Fighting

  William Cowper, “Olney Hymn 29: Exhortation To Prayer”

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• The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.

  Richard Harris Barham

  Dream, Book, Knights

  'The Ingoldsby Legends' (First Series, 1840) 'The Jackdaw of Rheims'

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• Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would like to upgrade. I would be actually on the lot somewhere and some guy with a loud sports jacket would be sizing me up...kinda lookin' around goin--maybe kickin my knees. Looking behind me going: That looks a little bashed in back there...Yeah. You mind if I check under the hood?" 'Well yes I do! Thank you very much.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Sports, Thinking, Car

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• People are bringing shotguns to UFO sightings in Fife, Alabama. I asked a guy, "Why do you bring a gun to a UFO sighting?" Guy said, "Way-ul, we didn' wanna be ab-duc-ted." If I lived in Fife, Alabama, I would be on my hands and knees every night praying for abduction.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Humor, Night

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• The next day, we shot 'I Want You Back,' and that was a 14-hour day. That's typical. By the end of the day, my knees and ankles are killing me.

  Grant Gustin

  Want You Back, Next Day, The End Of The Day

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• I believe no-one can insult you without your permission. Shilpa Shetty has paid the price for trying to desperately seek the approval of the West. It is pathetic how we can go on bended knees and lick the boots of Westerners in an effort to be part of their world.

  Mahesh Bhatt

  Believe, Insults You, Effort

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• I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitch it all back together. Luckily I didn't hurt my shoulder but I'm now at the point where the only thing on my body which isn't hurting is my bad shoulder.

  Jens Voigt

  Hurt, Cutting, Doctors

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• Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

  Randy Pausch

  Perseverance, Giving Up, Struggle

  "The Last Lecture". Book by Jeffrey Zaslow and Randy Pausch, 2008.

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• Being tame is what we're taught: ... put the crayons back, stay in line, don't talk too loud, keep your knees together, nice girls don't...
  As you might know, nice girls DO, and they like to feel wild and alive. Being tame feels safe, being wild, unsafe. Yet safety is an illusion anyway. We are not in control. No matter how dry and tame and nice we live, we will die. And we will suffer along the way. Living wild is its own reward.

  Sark

  Girl, Nice, Safety

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• I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet.

  Robbie Lawler

  Feet, Talking, Mma

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• Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Beautiful, Smart, Humility

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Aug 31, 2013

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• When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost the reality of power. The English, having cut off the head of one of their kings and chased another off the throne, still go on their knees to address the successors of those princes. On the other hand, when a republic falls under one man's yoke, the ruler's demeanor remains simple, unaffected, and modest, as if he had not already been raised above everybody.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Kings, Fall, Cutting

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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