L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers.”
Source: The Pocket R.L.S., Being Favourite Passages from the Works of Stevenson
“Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner and weaker days.”
“Let any one who is acquainted with what multitudes of people get their daily bread in this city by their labour, whether artificers or meer workmen—I say, let any man consider what must be the miserable condition of this town if, on a sudden, they should all be turned out of employment, that labour should cease, and wages for work be no more.
This was the case with us at that time; and had not the sums of money contributed in charity by well-disposed people of every kind, as well as abroad as at home, been prodigiously great, it had not been in the power of the Lord Mayor and sheriffs to have kept the publick peace. Nor were they without apprehensions, as it was, that desperation should push the people upon tumults and cause them to rifle the houses of rich men and plunder the markets of provisions; in which case the country people, who brought provisions very freely and boldly to town, would have been terrified from coming any more, and the town would have sunk under an unavoidable famine.”
Source: A Journal of the Plague Year
“Let any stranger find mee so pleasant a county, such good way, large heath, three such places as Norwich, Yar. and Lin. in any county of England, and I'll bee once again a vagabond to visit them.”
Source: Sir Thomas Browne's Works, Including His Life and Correspondence
“Let any words not said in kindness bounce right off you... As God's child you are only defined by His Love.”
Source: Liberating Inner Eve: A Reflective Journey for Women
“Let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.”
“Let anyone speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply.
If you tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy.
If anybody wants any money from you, and you are not inclined to give, do not give. But do not bark at him like a Dog.”
“Let anyone try, I will not say to arrest, but to notice or to attend to, the present moment of time. One of the most baffling experiences occurs. Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.”
Source: Psychology: The Briefer Course
“let anyone using those weasel words “freedom of worship” know, they have “freedom of worship” in China and it is meaningless and it is vile. “Freedom of worship” says you may do what you like in that building on Sunday mornings or whenever you like, but when you come out you will bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state. That is the antithesis of what the Founders meant in guaranteeing “freedom of religion.”
“Let anyone who believe in the Big Bang Theory be given zero dollar to start their own business.”
“Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious.”
“Let anyone who has zeal for God come with me! Let us fight for our brothers! Let Heaven's will be done!”
“Let Apella the Jew believe it.”
“Let appreciation bloom openly. Like fragile flowers, kind words can wilt unheard. Shower the living with genuine admiration; their spirits will flourish in the sunshine of your acknowledgment.”
“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”
“Let argument bear no unmusical sound.”
Source: Poetical Works of Ben Jonson
“Let Arin surprise us," Roshar said. "That's how we do things. He comes up with something brilliant and I take the credit.”
Source: The Winner's Kiss
“Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.”
“Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.”
“Let Art and Genius weep.”
“Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)
“Let aspirations reach as leaves / which feel for sun beyond the clouds, / whatever warmth and radiance / might make your mind more like the rose:
(from Florescence)”
Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“Let attitude be Your determination, go for success and not for money, because success is money”
“Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.”
“Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”
Source: Harmonium
“Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.”
“Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary's Lake Float double, swan and shadow!”
“Let Beth Leonard inspire you to sail around the world, explore the high latitudes, or discover your own capacity for adventure. Each nugget in this 'dream becomes reality' series of revelations is worth a thousand pictures.”
“Let bitches be bitches; they get to do what they do best while you get your peace of mind and a good laugh!
-Emit Eht.”
Source: Emit Eht
“Let blessings only dwell here, yes, / not one phantasm of the past, / for now begins the exorcism / evicting darkness at long last.
(from Renovation of a Soul)”
Source: The Humbling and Other Poems
“Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.”
“Let blood seal the freedom of the captive!”
Source: The Monster in the Hollows
“Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights”
“Let borders become sunlight so we traverse this Earth as one nation and drive the darkness out.”
“Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.”
“Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.”
“Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.”
“Let brawling waves beat his ship
against the shore, and have the mop-haired Thracians
take him naked at Salmydessos,
and he will suffer a thousand calamities
as he chews the bread of slaves.
His body will stiffen in freezing surf
as he wrestles with slimy seaweed,
and his teeth will rattle like a helpless dog,
flopped on his belly in the surge,
puking out the brine. Let me watch him grovel
in mud—for the wrong he did me:
as a traitor he trampled on our good faith,
he who was once my comrade.”
“Let brisker youths their active nerves prepare
Fit their light silken wings and skim the buxom air.”
Source: The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem. In Six Books
“Let brother help brother.”
Source: The Republic
“Let brothers and sisters from one end of the world, speak in all brotherly love, all affection, and one sweetness, to their brothers and sisters in the other extremity of the world. Then we shall succeed in rearing up one vast cathedral in this world, where men of all nations and races shall glorify the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.”
“Let but a single flash of reality -- the glimpse of a woman from afar or from behind -- enable us to project the image of Beauty before our eyes, and we imagine that we have recognised it, our hearts beat, and we will always remain half-persuaded that it was She, provided that the woman has vanished: it is only if we manage to overtake her that we realise our mistake.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time: Within a budding grove
“Let but faithful labourers be found, who will prove faithful to God, and there is no reason to fear that God will not prove faithful to them.”
Source: China's Spiritual Need and Claims
“Let but the public mind become once thoroughly corrupt, and all attempts to secure property, liberty or life, by mere force of laws written on parchment, will be as vain as to put up printed notices in an orchard to keep off the canker-worms.”
“Let bygones be bygones because everybody knew that forgiveness was divine.”
Source: Whistling In the Dark
“Let bygones be bygones.”
Source: Poems and prose
“Let bygones be bygones...but where I'm from,
We buy guns and more guns, to give to the young.”
“Let Cardan not be shot. Let the Ghost be clumsy.
Let me get inside easily. Let me stop him.
I do not pause to ask myself to ask why I am in such a panic to save someone for whom I swore I rooted out every feeling. I will not think about that.
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Source: The Queen of Nothing
“Let Catholics build their own churches and works.”
“Let certain things be uncertain.
Appreciate the puzzle that life is,
insofar as I know, after a scheme of steps,
all Crosswords have a solution,
and every Sudoku makes a lot of sense.”