Quotes of Throne - somelinesforyou

“ I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. ”

- Kareem Abdul Jabbar

“ I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to beKobe Bryant. ”

- Kobe Bryant

“ There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim. ”

- St. Gregory the Great

“ A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it. ”

- William Ralph Inge

“ You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. ”

- Miguel de Cervantes

“ Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. ”

- James Russell Lowell

“ There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. ”

- William Pitt Chatham

“ A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it. ”

- William R. Inge

“ The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods. ”

- James I of England

“ A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne. ”

- Georges Clemenceau

“ Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her. ”

- King Edward VIII

“ What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of Almighty God. ”

- King Hussein I

“ Power's footstool is opinion and his throne the human heart. ”

- Aubrey Thomas de Vere

“ A driver is a king on a vinyl bucket-seat throne, changing direction with the turn of a wheel, changing the climate with a flick of the button, changing the music with the switch of a dial. ”

- Andrew H. Malcolm

“ Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. ”

- Maximilien Robespierre

“ You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. ”

- Boris Yeltsin

“ I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth. ”

- Roger Maris

“ And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. ”

- Bible

“ Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down. ”

- John Wesley

“ No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. ”

- William Penn

“ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne… Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O Lord. ”

- The Bible

“ Who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you… Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. ”

- The Bible

“ A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ”

- Walter Bagehot

“ A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ”

- Napoleon Bonaparte

“ The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. ”

- Wallace Stevens

“ Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. ”

- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

“ Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne. ”

- William M. Evarts

“ It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons. ”

- Percy Bysshe Shelley

“ It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ”

- Francesco Petrarch
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