L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.”
“Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."”
“Let every man be free to act from his own conscience; but let him remember that other people have consciences too; and let not his liberty be so expansive that in its indulgence it jars and crashes against the liberty of others.”
“Let every man be his own methodologist, let every man be his own theorist”
Source: The Sociological Imagination
“Let every man be master of his time.”
Source: Macbeth
“Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.”
Source: The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean
“Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.”
“Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.”
Source: The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version
“Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.”
Source: The World As I See It
“Let every man look before he leaps.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.”
Source: Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
“Let every man mind his own business.”
Source: Don Quixote
“Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.”
Source: The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith
“Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.”
Source: Acres of Diamonds (Business Success Edition)
“Let every man practice the art that he knows best.”
“Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.”
“Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.”
Source: First Principles of the Reformation, Or, The Ninety-five Theses and the Three Primary Works of Martin Luther
“Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings
“Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind.”
Source: The Complete Works of Plato (Unabridged): From the greatest Greek philosopher, known for The Republic, Symposium, Apology, Phaedrus, Laws, Crito, Phaedo, Timaeus, Meno, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Parmenides, Protagoras, Statesman and Critias
“Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.”
Source: Emerson in His Journals
“Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable," said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson." "Lake and Palmer?" "Ralph and Waldo.”
Source: A Fatal Grace: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel
“Let every man sing his own song in life.”
“Let every man teach his son, teach his daughter, that labor is honorable.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.”
“Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.”
Source: Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838
“Let every morning remind you of the mercifulness of the Maker.”
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
“Let every nation, right now, do what is best for all citizens of the world: eliminate every form of intervention that would prevent or otherwise hobble mutually beneficial trade between any two parties anywhere in the world. No bureaucracy can help us toward that goal; it must come from a growing realization of the merit of freedom itself.”
“Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.”
“Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.”
“Let every one of us cultivate, in every word that issues from our mouth, absolute truth. I say cultivate, because to very few people - as may be noticed of most young children - does truth, this rigid, literal veracity, come by nature. To many, even who love it and prize it dearly in others, it comes only after the self-control, watchfulness, and bitter experience of years.”
“let every poem I write be a response to the cumulus cloud of aggression that follows me
and let every word work to reverse the effect of the slow meting out of system[at]ic
violence let every letter represent a human standing in protest”
Source: Invasive species
“Let every preacher take note: Amid the frustrations and hardships of ministry, the most Christ-like thing is to stay focused on your calling, give thanks to God, and go on preaching the Gospel.”
“Let every sluice of knowledge be opened and set a-flowing.”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.”
“Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“Let every student of nature take this as his rule, that whatever the mind seizes upon with particular satisfaction is to be held in suspicion.”
“Let every thought come and hug you, but you don't hug anything. Then, gradually, the noise will start to back off.”
“Let every woman ask herself: "Why am I the slave of man? Why is my brain said not to be the equal of his brain? Why is my work notpaid equally with his? Why must my body be controlled by my husband? Why may he take my labor in the household, giving me in exchange what he deems fit? Why may he take my children from me? Will them away while yet unborn?" Let every woman ask.”
“Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself”
Source: Woman in the Nineteenth Century
“Let everybody know this. He shall be assigned to the place and to the service to which he gave and devoted himself in this life and he can be sure that in eternity he will have as his lot the service and the companionship which he preferred in this life. This is what the Lord means when He says, 'If anyone is my servant let him follow Me and where I am he will be there as my servant' (Jn. 12:26).”
Source: Conferences
“Let everyone beware lest he presume to take it upon himself to criticize and condemn other men's faults without his having been truly touched within by the Holy Spirit in his work. Otherwise he may very easily err in his judgments. Beware therefore. Judge yourself as seems right to you between yourself and your God, and let other men alone.”
Source: The Cloud of Unknowing
“Let everyone else call you an expert but you personally should remain a humble scholar. Forever learning and applying everything that God Almighty is teaching you.”
“Let everyone evolve fast and understand humanity. Let the heart of stones be converted into heart of love.”
Source: Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
“Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life.”
Source: The Museum of Innocence
“Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.”
“Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.”
“Let everyone see the blood,' he said. 'Don't clean it up. That's the only way people remember.'... I could see the blood inside my head. It was with me forever, whether or not I wanted to forget.”
“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
“Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.”
Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi