Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) Quotes
The man who obeys is nearly always better than the man who commands.
Ernest Renan
Quotes to Explore
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The heavenly motions... are nothing but a continuous song for several voices, perceived not by the ear but by the intellect, a figured music which sets landmarks in the immeasurable flow of time.
Johannes Kepler
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There's nothing like confidence.
Mike Tyson
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Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.
Socrates
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If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.
William Shakespeare
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Chris proposed exactly the way I've always dreamed. Our families were close by, but it was just us out on a beautiful deck overlooking a lake in East Tennessee. We had just been on a hike and - in our workout clothes - he hit the knee! We feel so blessed by God that He sent us each other, and we are looking so forward to forever together.
Hillary Clinton
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I am what I am, so take me as I am!.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Right now I'm not involved with anybody, but I hope by 75 I will be again.
Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac
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Get up, you useless lump, get up!
Joanne Rowling
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The military option will remain on the table. If there is a good agreement to have, obviously it's worth waiting for and completing the negotiations.
Ashton Carter
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Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when they're ready, don't think you can plan it al out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again be exactly repeated.
Naomi Shihab Nye
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God calls us to duty, and the only right answer is obedience...whether we ourselves get enjoyment and blessing from the task or not, the call must be obeyed...It is better to obey blunderingly than not to obey at all.
George Hodges
