A Quotes
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“A kind word, a gentle touch, and a listening ear can wipe away someone’s tears, help them overcome their fear, and heal their hurt. Make sure the words you say leave people feeling blessed.”
Source: 365 Motivational Life Lessons
“A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.”
“A kind word will give more pleasure than a present.”
“A kind word will never replace the conversation that God has prompted you to repeatedly have.”
“A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful argument in favor of the gospel that can be produced.”
“A kindly courtesy does at least save one’s feelings, even if it is not professing to stand for a welcome.”
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
“A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.”
“A kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in any, amongst whom, if ever any had need thereof or held it dear or took pleasure therein aforetimes, certes, I am one of these.”
Source: THE DECAMERON:
“A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...”
“A kindness is never wasted”
Source: The Aesop for Children
“A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.”
Source: On the Duties of the Clergy
“A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.”
“A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“A king and his domain results in a kingdom”
“A King and Queen cannot support a crown with eyes looking down. Their universe expands as far as you can see.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“a king can only work with his best tools.”
Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
“A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.”
Source: Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding
“a king
hho in all his power puts down the crown
to be vulnerable his queen.
a warrior
who in all his strength puts down his amour
to be nurtured by his woman
a man
who in all his masculinity puts down his pride
to be honest with his wife.
- my answered prayer.”
“A king is a king, but a bard is the heart and soul of the people; he is their life in song, and the lamp which guides their steps along the paths of destiny. A bard is the essential spirit of the clan; he is the linking ring, the golden cord which unites the manifold ages of the clan, binding all that is past with all that is yet to come.”
Source: The Endless Knot
“A king is a man strong of character and conviction who leads by example and truly cares for the suffering of his people,not a brute who rules simply because he is the strongest.”
Source: The Crystal Shard: The Legend of Drizzt
“A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also. JOHN LOCKE, "Of a King", The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.”
“A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.”
Source: The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political
“A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.”
“A king is always a king - and a woman always a woman: his authority and her sex ever stand between them and rational converse”
“A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of the reckless mob move not.”
“A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well.”
“A king is not his throne nor his crown.”
Source: The Queen of Nothing
“A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.”
“A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.”
“A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough; a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.”
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.”
“A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.”
Source: Confessio amantis
“A king of infinite space”
“A king often saw a white pigeon visiting his garden. It would fly away whenever he tried to approach it. He won its trust after great efforts and brought it to his palace.
Soon after everything started going wrong in his life. He never doubted the pigeon for this. In fact he would cry before it and say, "You are the only good thing remaining in my life." How could he doubt someone whose trust he had won with great efforts?”
“A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity a part of universal humanity.”
Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected
“A king rules with strength and wisdom, but never forgets that one hand doesn’t clap, true leadership thrives when the whole community rises together.”
“A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.”
“A king’s strength lies not in power alone, but in his ability to inspire unity, nurture trust, and guide his people toward a shared future.”
“A king should die standing.”
“A king should first gain the confidence of the foe and when he has gained it should spring on him like a wolf. The foe should be struck down so effectively that he may never agin raise his head. The foe should be slain by the arts of conciliation, expenditure of money, creating disunion among his allies or by employment of force. Indeed every means in the king’s power should be used to destroy the foe. The king should never strike in ignorance but having slain his foe should never indulge in sorrow. The king should speak with soft words before he smites and even as he is smiting. Grieve for the victim after he is down.”
Source: Leadership Secrets From The Mahabharata
“A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.”
“A king sitting on his gilded throne is the same as a cat sitting on an ordinary chair; both have the attitude of 'I created the world' and 'I don't care about anyone'!”
“A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.”
Source: The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes
“A king there was once reigning, Who had a goodly flea, Him loved he without feigning, As his own son were he!”
Source: Faust, Part One
“A King wanted a ring that had magical properties that made a happy man who looked at it, sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy.
The King who thought it was a fools erand gave his trusted advisor 6 months to find it, when the advisor retuned with a ring that had words engraved on it the King was surprised, when the King saw it his face fell. It read; This time will pass.”
“A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.”
Source: God Is on the Cross: Reflections on Lent and Easter
“A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.”
Source: Reflections
“a king
who in all his power puts down the crown
to be vulnerable his queen.
a warrior
who in all his strength puts down his amour
to be nurtured by his woman
a man
who in all his masculinity puts down his pride
to be honest with his wife.
my answered prayer.”
“A king who is renowned for mercy," said the Arobern, with heavy irony, "must also be renowned in equal measure for injustice.”
Source: Land of the Burning Sands
“A king who trusts no man is weak.”
Source: Dragon Blood