H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful.”
“He is not only a God of perfect time, but of perfect timing.”
“He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.”
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson
“He is not poor who has a competency.”
“He is not poor who has the use of necessary things.
[Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]”
“He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall
“He is not prone to remember evils, since it is proper to a magnanimous person not to nurse memories, especially not of evils, but to overlook them.
He does not speak evil even of his enemies, except when he responds to their wanton aggression.
He especially avoids laments or entreaties about necessities or small matters.”
“He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.”
“He is not seeking a powerful people to represent Him. Rather, He looks for all those who are weak, foolish, despised, and written off: and He inhabits them with His own strength.”
Source: A Divine Confrontation
“He is not simply looking into the mirror because he is transfixed by what he sees. Rather, the artist’s success depends as much as anything on his powers of detachment, on de-narcissizing himself… Freud… studied his own dreams not because he was a “narcissist,” but because he was a student of dreams. And whose were at once the least and most accessible of dreams, if not his own?”
“He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.”
“He is not sweet or gentle or particularly kind. But he is smart and brave, and even though he saved me, he treated me like I was strong. That is all I need to know.”
“He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing us apart, we’re closer than ever.”
“He is not the soul of Nature, nor any part of Nature. He inhabits eternity: He dwells in a high and holy place: heaven is His throne, not his vehicle, earth is his footstool, not his vesture. One day he will dismantle both and make a new heaven and earth. He is not to be identified even with the 'divine spark' in man. He is 'God and not man.”
“He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.”
Source: Three Hundred Æsop's Fables
“He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.”
“He is not to them what he is to me," I thought: "he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine- I am sure he is- I feel akin to him- I understand the language of his countenance and movements: though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“He is not to them what he is to me.”
Source: Annotated Jane Eyre: An Autobiography with English Grammar Exercises: by Charlotte Bronte (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
“He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.”
“He is not well bred, that cannot bear ill breeding in others”
Source: Autobiography and Other Writings
“He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.”
Source: The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: In Eight Volumes. Adorn'd with Cuts
“He is nothing more than one of my pawns. However, he is not a normal pawn. He is a pawn that can get across the whole board in one move.”
“He is nothing to look at, and yet I can’t stop looking at him. There is something beautiful in how his face is made, how all the tiny flaws blend together into something more perfect than perfection could ever be.”
Source: As I Wake
“He is now rising from affluence to poverty.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“He is now walking from his dream.”
“He is obviously an American hero. John McCain is a vanishing breed. He is an iconoclast, he is in his own mind and often in reality a maverick. And I think, you know, you having spent the time that you spent in the Senate know that this is true.”
“He is old and powerful, and he can’t know of you yet, because he will know what you are, and what you can do, but more importantly, how to use you.”
Source: Ezekiel's Eyes
“He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion.”
“He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.”
“He is only fantastical that is not in fashion.”
“He is only happy when he can maintain himself - mentally and spiritually - at the intersection between a vertical line and horizontal one, in a state of perfect balance. For this, he needs to know where he is located every moment, both in his relationship to the divine and to his family here on earth. If he loses that balance, he loses his power.”
Source: Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything
“He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.”
Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“He is our Father - the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being.”
“He is our man's-man of literature.”
Source: Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and Poems
“He is patriotic but not sentimental so Mom and I think the placement is ironic but it stays because Dad sometimes feels like a minority in his own home.”
Source: Speak No Evil
“He is polite; the perfect gentleman at first. Yet she knows his kindness is an act he performs for himself to justify what he’s about to do.”
Source: Sex Media
“He is praised by some, blamed by others.”
Source: The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace
“He is precisely the young man to fall headlong in love and repent it for the rest of his life.”
Source: Jacob's Room
“He is preeminent in creation because He is the Creator. He is preeminent in redemption for He is the Redeemer. He is preeminent in the church because He is the One who gave Himself for the church.”
Source: Philippians / Colossians: The Epistles (Philippians/Colossians)
“He is pretending to eat healthily, which, after a couple of days, he realises is the same as actually eating healthily. An apple is an apple whether you are eating it because you like to take care of yourself or you are eating it to impress a new girlfriend. The nutrients are the same. Chris hasn't had a Snickers since Monday.”
Source: The Man Who Died Twice
“He is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way.”
“He is quick witted, yes! Astute big time & level headed in opinion. It is my firsthand judgment of a man.”
“He is racist, he's homophobic, he's xenophobic and he's a sexist. He's the perfect Republican candidate. [California Democratic Party chairman about Pat Buchanan.]”
“He is raw sex in a bottle, uncorked. And somebody needs to cork it!”
“He is ready to cleanse you, It is sin, after all, that lies at the door and blocks you way to the Savior.”
“He is real, in his own way," Ann pointed out. "After all, what's real? How do you know I'm real, or if you are?”
Source: Hexwood
“He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.”
Source: The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde
“He is receptive to being reformed. He is an exceptionally admirable individual who does right before men and God.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“He is rich enough who does not want bread.”