L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange,
Although he fleeced the flags of every nation,
For into a prime minister but change
His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation.”
Source: DON JUAN
“Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.”
Source: The Mortification of Sin
“Let not marks become the journey
GRADES/ SCORES/ MARKS ARE JUST THE MILESTONES NEVER THE JOURNEY”
“Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that women ought to be subjected because she has always been so.... It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity.... It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.”
“Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.”
Source: Essay concerning human understanding (concluded) Defence of Mr. Locke's opinion concerning personal identity. Of the conduct of the understanding. Some thoughts concerning reading and study for a gentleman. Elements of natural philosophy. New method for a common-place book
“Let not one look of Fortune cast you down; she were not Fortune if she did not frown.”
“Let not one single life have passed in vain. What really matters is who you love and how you love.”
“Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls;
Conscience is but a work that cowards use,
Devised at first to keep the strong in awe:
Our strong arms be our conscience, swords our law!”
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
“Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.”
“Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.”
“Let not say to our children: do the same as I do; let's tell them to do it differently. Isn’t it the one wish you had as a child? A controversy makes a being triumph; because being the opposite of what we have right now makes a generation collapse.”
“Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have I left undone, which I ought to have done?”
“Let not that man presumes to look for mercy from God who offends His Holy Mother!”
“Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end.”
Source: Overcoming Temptation and Sin
“Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.”
Source: Mahatma Gandhi: 100 years
“Let not the dirt of the sanskaras of your thoughts and deeds touch you, by surrendering every thought and act at the feet of your Guru. As a laundryman washes and cleans clothes, in the same way, I remove all the dirt which has stuck to you through your thoughts and actions.”
“Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.”
“Let not the hours pass by in the dark. Kindle the lamp of love with thy life.”
Source: Poems
“Let not the jolly be alone in the world, for they shall talk about the future and snag to do the exercises.”
“Let not the rash marble risk
garrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,
in many words recalling
name, renown, events, birthplace.
All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.
Let not the marble say what men do not.
The essentials of the dead man's life--
the trembling hope,
the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--
will abide forever.
Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continue
when it is the lives of others that will make that happen,
as you yourself are the mirror and image
of those who did not live as long as you
and others will be (and are) your immortality on earth.”
Source: Selected poems
“Let not the right side of your brain know what the left side doeth.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“Let not the sorrows of this day dim the light of the hope set before you.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Let not the soul long for the light.
Let it become light.”
“Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.”
Source: The Conduct of Life
“Let not the titles of consanguinity betray you into a prejudicial trust; no blood being apter to raise a fever, or cause a consumption sooner in your poor estate, than that which is nearest your own.”
“Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall prevail over evil.”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“Let not the world see fear and sad distrust govern the motion of a kingly eye.”
Source: The Life and Death of King John
“Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.”
“Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest thyself farthest off from me, oftentimes I am nearest unto thee. When thou countest almost all to be lost, then oftentimes the greatest gain of reward is close at hand. All is not lost, when any thing falleth out contrary. Thou oughtest not to judge according to present feeling; nor so to take any grief, or give thyself over to it.”
“Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Elder (Illustrated)
“Let not those who haven't tried it think it is easy. Let those who think it is easy try it then.”
“Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.”
Source: Selected poems
“Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.”
“Let not young souls be smothered out
Before they do quaint deeds
And fully flaunt their pride.”
Source: The Congo and Other Poems
“Let not your baser nature drag you down.
Utter no whimper, not one sigh or moan,
Hopeless of respite, solace, palm or crown
Live out your life unflinching and alone”
Source: The Snout
“Let not your courage fail you. Your help is coming.”
Source: Hunting Red, Part I
“Let not your expenditure exceed your income.”
“Let not your heart be terrified nor troubled.”
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
Source: Jesus by John: Gospel of St.John
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." ~ John 14:1-3”
“Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)
“Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction.”
“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.”
“Let not your peace rest in the utterances of men, for whether they put a good or bad construction on your conduct does not make you other than you are.”
“Let not your rage or malice destroy a life.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.”
“Let nothing and nobody break your spirit. Let the unity in the community remain intact.”
“Let nothing be called natural In an age of bloody confusion, Ordered disorder, planned caprice, And dehumanized humanity, lest all things Be held unalterable!”
Source: The Jewish Wife and Other Short Plays
“Let nothing be changed and all be different.”
Source: Notes on the Cinematograph