Shields Quotes - Page 6

• Her fine high forehead sloped gently up to where her hair, bordering it like an armorial shield, burst into lovelocks and waves and curlicues of ash blonde and gold. Her eyes were bright, big, clear, wet and shining, the colour of her cheeks was real, breaking close to the surface from the strong young pump of her heart. Her body hovered delicately on the last edge of childhood -- she was almost eighteen, nearly complete, but the dew was still on her.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Strong, Real, Heart

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• The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.

  George R. R. Martin

  Mother, Strong, Dark

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.3519, Bantam

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• Solemnity is the shield of idiots

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Stupidity, Idiot, Solemnity

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• As he stared back, he altered...as if a shield slid away fro his eyes, revealing a scorching force of will that sucked the air from my lungs. The intense magnetism he exuded grew in strength, becoming a near tangible impression of vibrant and unrelenting power.

  Sylvia Day

  Eye, Air, Force Of Will

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.17, Penguin

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• A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.

  Nick Harkaway

  Secret, Desire, Democracy

  Nick Harkaway (2012). “The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World”, p.145, Vintage

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• I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Reality, Talking

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• The only true conqueror who shall be crowned in the end is he who continues until war's trumpet is blown no more.... Christian, wear your shield close to your armor and cry earnestly to God, that by His Spirit you may endure to the end.

  Alistair Begg

  Christian, War, Armor

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• The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They need an enemy to provoke, a diversion. This is the mentality of tenth-rate people who are in politics because corporate America likes them. They are malleable. They give them contracts to build missile shields that will never work. It's deeply corrupt.

  Gore Vidal

  Government, America, Broken

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• Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even know you've had your shields hacked down until you're defenseless. It's the type." "You're not in love with a type, you're in love with a man," Penny corrected. "Or you're not.

  Nora Roberts

  Dad, Men, Perfect

  Nora Roberts (2011). “The Novels of Nora Roberts”, p.2112, Penguin

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• There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a guard to thy house: let him be to thee wall and fence, shield and spear. Where alms are, the devil dares not approach, nor any other evil thing.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Wall, Men, Evil

  Saint John Chrysostom, Aeterna Press (2016). “Saint John Chrysostom Collection [10 Books]”, p.2690, Aeterna Press

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• Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.

  Brené Brown

  Thinking, Twenties, Facts

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

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• Both of us were orphans. No one would remember what we remembered. The elders that stood as protective shields, as references to our past, and as reflections of who we were and are and where we came from, were gone.

  Sylvia Browne

  Grief, Reflection, Past

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• In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice a man to cease from prayer. The spirit of prayer is more precious than treasures of gold and silver. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Heart, Sacrifice

  John Bunyan (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of John Bunyan (Illustrated)”, p.659, Delphi Classics

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• When the injustice is great enough, justice will lend me the strength needed to correct it. None may stand against it. It will shatter every barrier, sunder any shield, tear through any enchantment, and lend its servant the power to pass sentence. Know this: There is nothing on all the Planes that can stay the hand of justice when it is brought against them. It may unmake armies. It may sunder the thrones of gods. Know that for all who betray justice, I am their fate. And fate carries an executioner's axe.

  Chris Avellone

  Fate, Army, Hands

  "Planescape: Torment". Video Game, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Honesty, Lying, Hands

  Benjamin Franklin (1824). “The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin”, p.149

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• Nobody has the right to shield any idea as so sacred it can’t be challenged. ... Almost all human progress is driven by people who stood up and said ‘I disagree’ with this idea that society at the time considered to be the most precious.’

  Glenn Greenwald

  Ideas, People, Progress

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• Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses.

  Naomi Klein

  Real, Blow, Rights

  "A deadly franchise" by Naomi Klein, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2003.

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• I'll tell you the only way to survive: Ask God to place a semi-permeable shield around your heart: One that only allows what He loves to enter.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Heart, Way, Asks

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• Are you becoming more sweet-spirited, more like Jesus? Are you looking soberly in the mirror each day and praying, ‘Lord, I want to conform to Your image in every area of my life’? Or has your bitterness taken root, turning into rebellion and hardness of heart? Have you learned to shield yourself from the convicting voice of God’s Spirit?

  David Wilkerson

  Sweet, Jesus, Taken

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• I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.

  Alissa Nutting

  Drama, Thinking, Flames

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.

  St. Jerome

  Book, Hands, May

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• President Bush has delivered a new resolution to the U.N. saying that Saddam has failed to cooperate with U.N. resolutions, freeing us to get our war on. Don't mess with us France, or we'll send Jerry Lewis to Iraq as a human shield.

  Craig Kilborn

  War, Iraq, President

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• I have taken your advice and the names used are anode cathode anions cations and ions the last I shall have but little occasion for. I had some hot objections made to them here and found myself very much in the condition of the man with his son and Ass who tried to please every body.

  Michael Faraday

  Taken, Son, Science

  "The Correspondence of Michael Faraday: 1832-December 1840, Letters 525-1333".

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• Urges ... every man has urges. But the true measure of man is to admit them, to learn to control them. The Shield used to refer to themselves as the most dominant force in our universe. But that ain't the way I remember it. They fell victim to the faults of men. Their lust and greed and valor for glory, it led them right down in the pit, where they belong. Tonight, they'll burn for it. For I am no man. I am reborn. Our bond can never be broken, and our urges can never be satisfied.

  Bray Wyatt

  Men, Broken, Greed

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• He scarce had ceased when the superior fiend
  Was moving toward the shore; his ponderous shield
  Ethereal temper, massy, large and round,
  Behind him cast; the broad circumference
  Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb
  Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views
  At evening from the top of Fésolè,
  Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands,
  Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.

  John Milton

  Moving, Science, Artist

  John Milton (1855). “The complete poetical works of John Milton, with life”, p.10

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