Thrones Quotes - Page 4

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

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

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

Science is but a mere heap of facts, not a golden chain of truths, if we refuse to link it to the throne of God.

That great chain of causes, which, linking one to another, even to the throne of God Himself, can never be unraveled by any industry of ours.

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.

The heart's words fall back unheard from Wisdom's throne.

A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.

Make my heart, O heart of the universe, a divine bird that nests only on the throne of God.

You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease." -General Galgan to Mat

Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.

A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.

O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

We are all bound to the throne of the Supreme Being by a flexible chain which restrains without enslaving us. The most wonderful aspect of the universal scheme of things is the action of free beings under divine guidance.

On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.

Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.

The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.

[I believe in] the throne...parliamentary institutions...private enterprise and individual opinion against the socialization of the state...equity in the distribution of public burdens and strict maintenance of public faith with the creditors of the state [and] a fresh guarantee of peace by an alliance with France and...Belgium for the defence of our common interests against unprovoked attack.

Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne?

Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.

If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.