Kings Quotes
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A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.
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If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.
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Martin [Luther King] wasn't one to buck forces too much.
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The most unbelievable thing about my behaviour is that I was convinced it was entirely f**king normal.
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It's hard being the king, but somebody's got to do it.
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Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.
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Success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.
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I'll be damned for never a king's son in Christendom.
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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.
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Kings may see their palaces fall, but the ants will always have their dwellings.
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If any man whatsoever hath carried on the design of deposing the King and disinheriting his posterity; or if any man hath yet such a design he should be the greatest traitor and rebel in the world; but, since the Providence of God hath cast this upon us, I cannot but submit to Providence.
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Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.
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Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.
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The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.
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If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.
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Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen. 41).
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If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me.
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To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.
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Nice customs curtsy to great kings.
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The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.
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There are a few YouTube clips of me singing at The King's Head in Santa Monica, so you can see how bad I am.
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The conqueror and king in each of us is the . . . Knower of truth. . . . Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.
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He was born a King. The wise men came from the East and asked, 'Where is He that is born King of the Jews?' (Matthew 2:2). He died a King.
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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.
