Aqa Victorian Literature Quotes & Sayings

Thus his belief was that in a service where feeling could be restrained it ought to be restrained. The power of God was more likely to be known in a solemn stillness than amid noise and excitement. Silence and an expectant seriousness, born of a realisation of the nearness of God, were striking characteristics of the services at Sandfields. — Iain H. Murray

Those prancing little pants-wetters come here to learn the colorful and gentlemanly art of fencing, with its many sporting limitations and its proscriptions against dishonorable engagements. You on the other hand, you are going to learn how to kill men with a sword. — Scott Lynch

When the old creeds are threadbare, and worn through, And all too narrow for the broadening soul, Give me the fine, firm texture of the new, Fair, beautiful and whole! — Henry Ward Beecher

If you believe in what you're doing, you should just do it. You'll keep getting better. — Riki Lindhome

...smile first, then speak. — George Saunders

It's good to play something that's black and white, and a guy that sees right and wrong. I've never played a character like that. — David Lyons

There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve. — Billy Graham

Now people think it's cool to have a baby, but it ain't cool to take care of it. We have to change that. You make your life for that baby. That's the future. — Snoop Dogg

Presidents today spend more time speaking than they do reading or thinking. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson

My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact. — Roseanne Barr