Exalteth Himself Shall Quotes & Sayings

This was what people fought wars over, she thought, and killed each other over, and destroyed their lives for: this nerve-shredding mixture of longing and pleasure. — Cassandra Clare

Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and degradation. — Baha'u'llah

I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philly. — Bradley Cooper

Evie-you-GAH! Lend shouted, and I looked up at him, surprised. — Kiersten White

The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we can exclaim like the wise man; righteousness exalteth a nation; for righteousness embraces knowledge and knowledge is power. — Joseph Smith Jr.

But the tune ends too soon for us all — Ian Anderson

Missouri in her treatment of the Latter-day Saints during the years 1833-9, sowed the wind; in the disastrous events which overtook her during the years 1855-65, she reaped the whirlwind. Let us hope that in those events Justice was fully vindicated so far as the state of Missouri is concerned; and that the lessons of her sad experience may not be lost to the world. May the awful and visible retribution visited upon Missouri teach all states and nations that when they feel power they must not forget Justice; may it teach all peoples that states and nations in their corporate capacity are such entities as may be held accountable before God and the world for their actions; that righteousness exalteth a nation, while injustice is a reproach to any people. — B. H. Roberts

Mediocrity is the best camouflage known to man. — Bryce Courtenay

I have one great political idea ... That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is very generally trampled upon and disregarded. The best expression of it, I have found in the Bible. It is in substance, "Righteousness exalteth a nation; sin is a reproach to any people" [Proverbs 14:34]. This constitutes my politics - the negative and positive of my politics, and the whole of my politics ... I feel it my duty to do all in my power to infuse this idea into the public mind, that it may speedily be recognized and practiced upon by our people. — Frederick Douglass

He thrust his hands into the pool, his fingers brushing the soft skin of her cheek. He grasped at her, clawing with his fingers and pulling like his life depended on it. Finally, he managed to grab her shawl. The girl flailed out with her arm and it touched his hand.
"No! I'm not letting you go!"
Now the girl's face was above the swirling darkness. She gasped for breath, half drowned. The fear on her face sent a fresh jolt of energy through Ico. 'I've got to save her! — Miyuki Miyabe

Hear my cry, O God the Reader; vouchsafe that this my book fall not still-born into the world wilderness. Let there spring, Gentle One, from out its leaves vigor of thought and thoughtful deed to reap the harvest wonderful. Let the ears of a guilty people tingle with truth, and seventy millions sigh for the righteousness which exalteth nations, in this drear day when human brotherhood is mockery and a snare. Thus in Thy good time may infinite reason turn the tangle straight, and these crooked marks on a fragile leaf be not indeed — W.E.B. Du Bois

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. — Anonymous

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor. — Tony Dungy

The truth is ... that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No virtuous man - that is, virtuous in the YMCA sense - has ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading, and it is highly improbable that the thing has ever been done by a virtuous woman. — H.L. Mencken

Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is. — Robert Bly

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music. — Tom DeLonge

We talk so abstractly about poetry because all of us are usually bad poets. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Now and again I feel the astonishment of being alive like this, in this body. — Stephen Dunn

Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a secure Israel. — Stephen Kinzer

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. — Anonymous