Kings Quotes
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Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Displease the Winter King and we'll none of us see another spring.
C.L. Wilson
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No reliance can be placed on the friendship of kings, nor vain hope put in the melodious voice of boys; for that passes away like a vision, and this vanishes like a dream.
Saadi -
Truth and History. 21 Men. The Boy Bandit King - He Died As He Lived.
Billy the Kid -
And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
William Shakespeare -
I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome: and yet I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a great deal of it must be invention.
Jane Austen -
It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.
LL Cool J -
The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.
Plutarch
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In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.
James G. Frazer -
The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
Claudius Claudianus -
I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated. I was up early watching television and watched the announcement. I didn't understand what the word 'assassinated' meant.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.
Jennifer Donnelly -
The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good.
Gautama Buddha -
I bet The Walking Dead gets really low ratings out in Montana, just because all they need to do is look out their f-king window, am I right?
Bill Burr
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Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.
Al-Ghazali -
Breath is the king of mind.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar -
Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.
George Bernard Shaw -
The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.
Bertrand de Jouvenel -
On coming to the house, they (the Magi), saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. (Matthew 2:11) This adoration, too, was not the same as the worship of God. In my opinion they did not yet recognize him as God, but they acted in keeping with the custom mentioned in Scripture, according to which Kings and important people were worshiped; this did not mean more than falling down before them at their feet and honoring them.
Martin Luther -
The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.
L. Ron Hubbard
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If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.
Bert Sugar -
The power of kings and emperors has limits, but that of wealth has none at all. The dollar is the master of masters.
Elisee Reclus -
Whoso has sixpence is sovereign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,to the length of sixpence.
Thomas Carlyle -
For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.
Victor Hugo