Exhorter Quotes & Sayings

He is a general at war with his own army. An exhorter of radical beliefs, shrinking from their obvious conclusions. It was so much easier in the lecture hall, the salon, the seminar. When theory need not be demonstrated in blood. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

To achieve this density of a neutron star at home, just cram a herd of 50 million elephants into the volume of a thimble. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise. — Francis Beaumont

I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice. — Prince William

There is a popular heresy abroad today which states that if a little is good, more is better. Following this dictum creates a life which is never fulfilling. Even while you are engaged in one rich experience you are looking about for another. There is no contentment because future plans are always intruding on the present. — Robert A. Johnson

Many a small man is considered good while he remains small, but let power come to him, and he becomes a raging fury. — Louis L'Amour

The goal of the World Federalists is peace through unity of government. We must support their vision of oneness in diversity, for it is the salvation of mankind. — Jean Stapleton

Blind certainty, a close-mindedness that amounts to an imprisonment so total that the prisoner doesn't even know he's locked up. — David Foster

The idea of the family as a protective haven is a myth, the family unit cannot provide the haven it promises. On the contrary, we can never isolate ourselves from social and political relationships in the world. The places we choose to hide are alawys inseparably connected to the real world, the world they actually might encounter in school, and for some, in neighborhoods. It is not the failure, or the breakdown, of the family which causes our alienation, but the ever-disappointed hopes instilled in us as children. These hopes are false dreams of being cocooned and of belonging. — Nicola Field