L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let us consider the glorious Saint Paul: it seems that no other name fell from his lips than that of Jesus, because the name of Jesus was fixed and embedded in his heart.”
“Let us consider the polarity of love and hate.... Now, clinical observation shows not only that love is with unexpected regularityaccompanied by hate (ambivalence), and not only that in human relationships hate is frequently a forerunner of love, but also that in many circumstances hate changes into love and love into hate.”
Source: Major Works
“Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.”
“Let us consider the soul to be an ephemeral spark rather than some kind of ghostly apparition, weighing the same whether that of an elephant or ant, manatee or man.”
Source: The Specific Gravity of the Soul
“Let us consider this settled, that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection.”
“Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.”
“Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only vicious when it engrosses all a man's expense, and leaves no ability for such acts of duty and generosity as are required by his situation and fortune. The same care and toil that raise a dish of peas at Christmas would give bread to a whole family during six months.”
Source: Selected essays
“Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in their enjoyments, and, consequently triffling in their value. Let us disappoint the Men who are raising themselves on the ruin of this Country. Let us convince every invader of our freedom, that we will be as free as the constitution our fathers recognized, will justify.”
“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.”
Source: The Writings of Samuel Adams: 1770-1773
“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom," it is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event.”
“Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.”
“Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn.”
“Let us continue to keep our hope alive.”
“Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all.”
“Let us convert this night; we are breathing together, to a bright morning.”
“Let us create a city where neither the choice of religion nor the accident of colour is an obstacle to opportunity and advancement, not a substitute for effort and ability.”
“Let us create extraordinary words, on condition that they be put to the most ordinary use and that the entity they designate be made to exist in the same way as the most common object.”
Source: Dialogues II
“Let us create what we imagine. One story at a time.”
“Let us cry for the spilt milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the spilt milk, and remember how, and where, and why, we spilt it. Much wisdom is learnt through tears, but none by forgetting our lessons.”
Source: The Squatter and the Don
“Let us cultivate love and compassion, both of which give life true meaning. This is the religion I preach. It is simple. Its temple is the heart. Its teaching is love and compassion. Its moral values are loving and respecting others, whoever they may be. Whether one is a lay person or a monastic, we have no other option if we wish to survive in this world.”
“Let us cultivate our garden.”
Source: Candide
“Let us cultivate perceptiveness and improve our ability to see clearly both the world and oneself. Without that, even “good intentions” risk becoming harmful illusions. ("Final decision")”
“Let us cultivate understanding and accept that everyone's journey is different. Let us recognize the identity and listen to the inner voice of people who fall outside the traditional boundaries. In a dynamic society where social
norms are persistently recalibrated, we must expect flexibility and tolerance.
(On a Doggy Day)”
“Let us daily strive to copy our Savior's humility.”
“Let us damn America, let us damn Israel, let us damn them and their allies until death.”
“Let us dance in the rain to enjoy the rainbows and to get lost in the beauty of nature.”
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.”
“Let us dare to dream and shoot for the moon. Even if we don’t fetch the moon, a million stars may fill us with wonder. ("Happiness blowing in the wind")”
“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.”
Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections
“Let us dare to think for ourselves and raise questions. By reflecting on the outlooks of our daily pursuits and the lucky shots of life, we can breathe the scent of freedom. If we remain camped under the wings of other people’s thoughts, we cannot heighten the quality of our liberty. (“Life out there “)”
“Let us decide on the route that we wish to take to pass our life, and attempt to sow that route with flowers.”
“Let us decorate the world with the pearls of a smile, diamonds of hope, and the rubies of love.”
“Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.”
Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy
“Let us dedicate this new era to mothers around the world, and also to the mother of all mothers -- Mother Earth. It is up to us to keep building bridges to bring the world closer together, and not destroy them to divide us further apart. We can pave new roads towards peace simply by understanding other cultures. This can be achieved through traveling, learning other languages, and interacting with others from outside our borders. Only then will one truly discover how we are more alike than different. Never allow language or cultural traditions to come between brothers and sisters. The same way one brother may not like his sister's choice of fashion or hairstyle, he will never hate her for her personal style or music preference. If you judge a man, judge only his heart. And if you should do so, make sure you use the truth in your conscience when weighing one's character. Do not measure anybody strictly based on the bad you see in them and ignore all the good.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness.”
“Let us define 'man' as a poet perpetually conspiring against himself.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
“Let us depart instead for the fields of Dreams and wander those blue, romantic hills where stands the abandoned tower of the Supernatural, where cool mosses clothe the ruins of Idealism. Let us, in short, indulge in a little fantasy!”
Source: The Mandarin and Other Stories
“Let us depart! the universal sun Confines not to one land his blessed beams; Nor is man rooted, like a tree, whose seed, the winds on some ungenial soil have cast there, where it cannot prosper.”
“Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation.”
“Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be? Perhaps we could hardly find a better than that which the experience of the past has already discovered, which consists, I believe, in gymnastic, for the body, and music for the mind.”
Source: The Republic of Plato, Translated Into English, with an Introduction, Analysis, and Notes. By J. Ll. Davies and D. J. Vaughan
“Let us designate anarchism1 anarchism as you define it. Let us desiginate anarchism2 anarchism as I and the American Heritage College Dictionary define it.”
“Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue.”
Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“Let us determine, then, What is reasoning? and what passion? and how many forms of the passions? and whether reasoning bears sway over all of these? Reasoning is, then, intellect accompanied by a life of rectitude, putting foremost the consideration of wisdom. And wisdom is a knowledge of divine and human things, and of their causes. And this is contained in the education of the law; by means of which we learn divine things reverently, and human things profitably. And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance. The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.”
“Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.”
“Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.”
Source: Jane Goodall: 40 years at Gombe : a tribute to four decades of wildlife research, education, and conservation
“Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”
“Let us die trying.”
“Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.”
Source: The Life of the Fly
“Let us dig our gardens and not be elsewhere;
Let us take long walks in the open air...
Let us bathe in the rivers and lakes...
Let us indulge in games...
Let us be more simple: simple and true in our gestures, in our words,
and simple and true in our minds above all. Let us be ourselves.”
“Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.”
Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln