L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.”
“Let us not forget that we have two governmental reserve funds: the Reserve Fund and the National Wellbeing Fund that represent together $100 billion.”
“Let us not forget the East Bank of the (River) Jordan, where seventy per cent of the inhabitants belong to the Palestinian nation.”
“Let us not forget the genial miraculous force we have known to proceed from a book.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)
“Let us not forget the human cost of war. Let us not forget the innocent civilians who are caught in the crossfire, the families torn apart, the children who lose their innocence far too soon.”
“Let us not forget the importance of integrity.”
“Let us not forget the moments of tenderness in one moment of hatred. Let us not forget the light of warmth in one moment of iciness. Let us not forget the moments of endearment in one moment of aloofness.”
“Let us not forget this: when 'I raise my arm', my arm goes up. And the problem arises: what is left over if I subtract the fact that my arm goes up from the fact that I raise my arm?”
Source: Philosophical Investigations
“Let us not forget this word: God never ever tires of forgiving us!”
Source: Pope Francis Speaks to Our Hearts: Words of Challenge and Hope
“Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.”
“Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, because it bears the force of love.”
“Let us not get scooped up by gaslighting manipulators stealing our emotions and taking possession of our inner child to carry out their dark agenda. Let the light of our intuition guide us subtly and wisely along the path of trust and suspicion. (“Juicy rumors”)”
“Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.”
“Let us not give up on the Lord. His blessings are eternal, not temporary.”
“Let us not give up. Let us be true to our covenants. Let us never lose sight of our Advocate and Redeemer as we walk toward Him, one imperfect step after another.”
“Let us not give way to the temptations of a false self and the illusions of an inflated reality, but let us highlight our deeper self's authenticity and forward the truth of our words and the straightness of our actions. ("With confidence")”
“Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our departure from the field of battle.”
“Let us not go faster than God. It is our emptiness and our thirst that He needs, not our plentitude.”
“Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for a knowledge of what is not to be arrived at, but let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive, budding patiently under the eye of Apollo, and taking hints from every noble insect that favours us with a visit - sap will be given us for meat and dew for drink.”
Source: Selected Letters
“Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.”
“Let us not grow tired of knocking at God's door. Let us go to the heart of God through Mary, our whole life, every day, knocking at the door of God's heart! Mary prays - prays together with the community of disciples, and teaches us to have full faith in God, in his mercy. This is the power of prayer!”
“Let us not hate or kill time, but embrace and escort it as a brother in arms, without nostalgia or strain. If we follow the beat of our heart and channel the timeliness of our expectations, we can detach ourselves from greed with its tempting voices whispering "more and more" all the time. ("Swim or sink")”
“Let us not have a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. All answers on computers - but no surprises. The challenge of love. God reveals himself through surprises.”
“Let us not have puny thoughts. Let us think on a greater scale. Let us not have those of the future decry our smallness of concept and lack of foresight.”
“Let us not hesitate to surrender to our desire and our passion for joy when we are willing to be reborn from the ashes of a lost past and feel ready to burn down desperation and boredom. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'')”
“Let us not hoodwink our eyes, blurring our awareness and misleading our apprehension. Let us dare to “see” what we see and, at the same time, touch the feel and the overtone as well. ("Man without Qualities" )”
“Let us not, however, have temples from which issue
beautiful nude priests and priestesses already half in ecstasy and ready to copulate with any man or woman, lover or stranger who desires union with the deep godhead of the blood, although that was my first idea. But really it would be better not to have any temples in Omelas – at least, not manned temples. Religion yes, clergy no. Surely the beautiful nudes can just wander about, offering themselves like divine soufflés to the hunger of the needy and the rapture of the flesh.”
Source: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
“Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country.”
“Let us not imagine that we obscure the glory of the Son by the great praise we lavish on the Mother; for the more she is honored, the greater is the glory of her Son. There can be no doubt that whatever we say in praise of the Mother gives equal praise to the Son.”
“Let us not judge others, because we simply don't know that had we lived their life, we might be exactly the same.”
“Let us not keep on walking on the broken glass of despair with bleeding words of grief but transcend the viscous discomforts of life and clear out the mountains of clutter in our mind. ("Halt in flight")”
“Let us not kid ourselves; let us remember that literature is of no use whatever, except in the very special case of somebody's wishing to become, of all things, a Professor of Literature.”
“Let us not leave for tomorrow what we can do today. It is now that we must come unto Christ.”
“Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”
“Let us not live a life … that would bring regret. … It is not going to matter very much how much money you made, what kind of a house you lived in, what kind of a car you drove, the size of your bank account—any of those things. What is going to matter is that dear woman who has walked with you side by side as your companion through all of the years of life and those children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren and their faithfulness and their looking to you … with respect and love and deference and kindness.”
“Let us not look at the talents we wish we had or pine away for the gifts that are not ours but instead do the best we can with what we have.”
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around inebriated.”
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.”
Source: Credos and Curios
“Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel for discourse, if speaking be more grateful than silence. When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”
Source: The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871
“Let us not lose the Bible, but with diligence, in fear and invocation of God, read and preach it. While that remains and flourishes, all prospers with the state; 'tis head and empress of all arts and faculties. Let but divinity fall, and I would not give a straw for the rest.”
Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther
“Let us not love by words alone, but let us love until it hurts.”
“Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
“Let us not make our gazes meet,
and let's never smile at each other,
for who am I? but a mere stranger...”
Source: The Poetic Refuge: An Anthology
“Let us not make our gazes meet,
and lot's never smile at each other,
for who am I? but a mere stranger..”
“Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses.”
Source: An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter
“Let us not mince words about what this would be: a deportation force designed to break up families and deport millions of people.”
“Let us not mince words: The marvelous is always beautiful, anything marvelous is beauitful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful”
“Let us not mince words: the marvelous is always beautiful, anything marvelous is beautiful, in fact only the marvelous is beautiful.”
“Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping, transcendence; Making of the event a parable, a sign painted in the Faded credulity of earlier ages: Let us walk through the door.”
Source: Telephone Poles and Other Poems