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Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be...

Kings in this should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

Quote by William Penn about god, mercy

“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse...

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about fight, old, olderness, principle, chance, home, house, death, spirit, day

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is...

Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about liberty, slavery, night, self-control, common sense, sense

There are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for. And I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about aspiration, things, man

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose...

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about infinite, hope

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others? '

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about life, question

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do...

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about wisdom, hate, light, love

In the end, we will remember not the words of our...

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about wisdom, enemies, silence, end

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere...

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about ignorance

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence:...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.

Quote by James Joyce about violence, woman

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King...

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!

Quote by Dwight Lyman Moody about faith, death

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle.

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

And tell sad stories of the death of kings.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, death

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!

Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.

Quote by Charles Babbage about concentration, difficulties, science, country

At the same time there's a history in Hawaii of the emergence from pre-feudal separate islands into a kingdom, into a shotgun republic, into an annexed territory, and then into a state.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about history, state, time

Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie about talking, state, money

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

Quote by Andre Agassi about city, old, olderness

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about feelings

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the...

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about time

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