W Quotes
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“Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.”
Source: The Comprehensive Commentary on the Holy Bible: Acts-Revelation
“Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.”
“Wherever the future leads us, every atom of me is so glad to be in your orbit.”
“Wherever the good work is I'll go.”
“Wherever the Gospel is preached, no matter how crudely, there are bound to be results.”
“Wherever the Government does not emanate...from the people, the principle of the Government, the esprit de corps, the point of honour, in all those connected with it, and raised by it to privileges above the law and above humanity, will be hatred to the people.”
“Wherever the Holy Ghost has right of way, the gifts of the Spirit will be in manifestation; and where these gifts are never in manifestation, I question whether He is present.”
Source: Smith Wigglesworth on Manifesting the Divine Nature: Abiding in Power Every Day of the Year
“Wherever the human mind is healthy and vigorous in all its proportions, great in imagination and emotion no less than in intellect, and not overborne by an undue or hardened pre-eminence of the mere reasoning faculties, there the grotesque will exist in full energy.”
Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“Wherever the ignorant triumphs, over there the greatest defeats are on the way!”
“Wherever the Industrial system has reached its second generation it is threatened by two mortal perils. The first is the demand by an organized proletariat for sustenance without relation to the product of its labor; a demand which threatens the very existence of PROFIT (on the necessary presumption of which Capitalism reposes). The second, and immediately graver danger is that of a revolt for the confiscation of the means of production.”
“Wherever the Jew is found he is a problem, a source of unhappiness to himself and to those around him. Ever since he has been scattered in your midst he has had to maintain a continuous struggle for the conservation of his identity.”
“Wherever the kingdom of God extends to, the atmosphere of heaven is established”
“Wherever the Legionary's hand and soul show up, a garden appears.”
“Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise”
“Wherever the Net arises, there arises also a rebel to resist human control...A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures don't happen as often. It is...fertile ground for learning, adaptation, and evolution...The only organization capable of unprejudiced growth, or unguided learning, is a network. All other topologies limit what can happen.”
“Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science, it is killed. The living images become only remote facts of a distant time or sky. Furthermore, it is never difficult to demonstrate that as science and history mythology is absurd. When a civilization begins to reinterpret its mythology in this way, the life goes out of it, temples become museums, and the link between the two perspectives is dissolved. Such a blight has certainly descended on the Bible and on a great part of the Christian cult.
To bring the images back to life, one has to seek, not interesting applications to modern affairs, but illuminating hints from the inspired past. When these are found, vast areas of half-dead iconography disclose again their permanently human meaning.”
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Wherever the revelation that is foundational to Christianity is to be found, the Christian dogmatician has to take his stance there. This is where he stands as a Christian, and this is where he must still take his stand as a dogmatician, for with it his dogmatics will stand or fall.”
“Wherever the road leads you, always know that it is the best one for you because you cant keep choosing the road that’s not meant for you.”
“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.”
Source: The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction
“Wherever the State touches the personal life of the infant, the child, the youth, or the aged, helpless, defective in mind, body or moral nature, there the State enters "woman's peculiar sphere," her sphere of motherly succor and training, her sphere of sympathetic and self-sacrificing ministration to individual lives.”
“Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.”
“Wherever the storms are…Dark Lightning goes.”
“Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly... and discussing public question. Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, liberties of citizens. The privilege of a citizen of the United States to use the streets and parks for communication of views on national questions may be regulated in the interest of all... but it must not, in the guise of regulation, be abridged or denied.”
“Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!”
Source: Gulistan or Rose Garden
“Wherever the trout are, it's beautiful.”
“Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.”
“wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.”
Source: The world according to Garp
“Wherever the want of clothing forced them to it, the human race made clothes for thousands of years, without a single man becoming a tailor.”
Source: Capital: An Abridged Edition
“Wherever the wings of love take me, that is my flare path and my way.”
“Wherever the Word comes without power its essential content is missed.”
“Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.”
Source: THE ART OF TEACHING
“Wherever there are birds, there is hope.”
“Wherever there are four walls, consciousness of direction is far keener.”
“Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy.”
“Wherever there are qualities there are likewise quantities, but not always vice versa.”
“Wherever there are rock n rollers, well play. Thats what weve been doing for more than 30 years - rock n roll. Its made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang.”
“Wherever there are sinners, the weak, the sorrowful, the poor in the world, that is where God goes.”
“Wherever there are squirrels,
The hawks will flock”
“Wherever there has been expansion in love or progress in well-being, of individuals or numbers, it has been through the perception, realisation, and the practicalisation of the Eternal Truth-the oneness of all beings”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.”
“Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'”
“Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom.”
Source: The Complete Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne: Prose works
“Wherever there is a heart and an intellect, the diseases of the physical frame are tinged with the peculiarities of these.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.”
“Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.”
Source: The Words of Garrison: A Centennial Selection (1805-1905) of Characteristic Sentiments from the Writings of William Lloyd Garrison
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.”
“Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.”
Source: The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings