L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let the wild ruckus commence.”
Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“Let the will embrace the highest ideals freely and with infinite strength, but let action first take hold of what lies closest.”
“Let the winds blow! a fiercer gale
Is wild within me! what may quell
That sullen tempest? I must sail
Whither, O whither, who can tell!”
Source: The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman
“Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”
“Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.”
“Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.”
“Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.”
“Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball. That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?”
“let the
wonder and beauty
of your existence
fall out of you
everywhere, unafraid
no matter who may take it in
or hold it with care
let it all be
unshaken by the cold”
“Let the word and the legend go before you. Let the world go before you. Let your shadow grow. Let it grow hair on its face. Let it become dark. Given time, words may even enchant an enchanter.”
“Let the Word be preached, the truth taught, and error will be uncovered and souls delivered.”
“Let the word be written by you and not told by others”
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. . . Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
Source: The Speeches of President John F. Kennedy
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.”
“Let the word of God go viral through you so that the Kingdom of Heaven may gain more followers!”
“Let the words of a book touch your soul, igniting the flames of imagination and wisdom within.”
“Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence.”
Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles
“Let the work speak for itself.”
“Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.”
“Let the world bathe in your light, let them learn to love in your sight, let them learn to live in your might.”
Source: Servitude is Sanctitude
“Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper.”
“Let the world call you lazy for not running about like a frightened ghost. Just be quiet inside yourself. Don't bother about knowing how things should be and simply begin observing without prejudice, projections or desires. Notice how life flows of its own accord. Nothing here is a chaos, but a harmony. You are already inside this flow.”
Source: White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji
“Let the world change you and you can change the world”
“Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females!”
“Let the world honor you, my Huntress. Live forever in the stars.”
Source: The Titan's curse
“Let the world know that the literal ink on paper can change it”
“Let the world know what you live for...not what you fall for!”
“Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion.”
Source: 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?”
“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.”
“Let the world know your dreams, my friend; realise them!”
“Let the world remember: the first stake was mine. The first hunger was mine. Dracula is merely my shadow.”
Source: Pheretima: Princess Of The Dawn
“Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
Shut in upon itself and do no harm
In this close hand of Love, now soft and warm,
And let us hear no sound of human strife
After the click of the shutting.
- Sonnet XXIV”
Source: Sonnets from the Portuguese
“Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to her bravest valor in time of war.”
“Let the world slide, let the world go;
A fig for care, and a fig for woe!
If I can't pay, why I can owe,
And death makes equal the high and low.”
“Let the world unfold without always attempting to figure it all out. Let relationships just be, since everything is going to stretch out in Divine order. Don't try so hard to make something work - simply allow. Don't always toil at trying to understand your mate, your children, your parents, your boss, or anyone else because the Tao is working at all times.”
Source: Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life (Easyread Large Edition)
“Let the world wagge, and take mine ease in myne Inne.”
“Let the worst come to the worst.”
Source: The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha ...
“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique.”
“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.”
“Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.”
“Let the young rain of tears come, let the calm hands of grief come. It's not all as evil as you think.”
Source: The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf Jacobsen
“Let the young soul survey its own life with a view of the following question: ‘What have you truly loved thus far? What has ever uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time?”
“Let their discontent ruffle your feathers. It's refreshing, like the wind. - The Malwatch”
“Let their music skill speak for [itself]. If they are producing good tracks and are resonating with their fans, or even gaining new fans, then that's great.”
“Let them (the wicked) see the beauty of virtue, and pine at having forsaken her.
[Lat., Virtutem videant, intabescantque relicta.]”
“Let them all believe whatever they want. It is pointless to go on radio shows and wrangle over mystical claims. However, such claims must not be imposed on captive children in government-owned schools. That is prohibited by the separation of church and state, a core principle in the First Amendment in America's Bill of Rights.”
“Let them ask who you are but do not let others dictate who you should be.”
“Let them at all times concern themselves with doing a kindly thing for one of their fellows, offering to someone love, consideration, thoughtful help.”
“Let them be bonkers for money if they want, let them be bonkers for facts if they want, let them be bonkers for dogmas and traditions if they want. As for you, be bonkers for the uplift of those around you, and for that if you have to compromise your intellect at times, then be it - but never - I repeat, never, ever compromise your humanity for anything in the world.”
Source: Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race