“The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own flesh and blood.” StrongBloodDevilAdvantageFleshTemptationFlesh And Blood Author:Martin Luther
“See thou, whatsoever be thy name -- whether Fate, Life, or Devil! I cast thee down my gauntlet, I challenge thee to battle! Men of faint heart may bow before thy mysterious power, thy face of stone may inspire them with dread, in thy unbroken silence they may discern the birth of calamity and an impending avalanche of woe. But I am daring and strong, and I challenge thee to battle! Let us draw our swords, and join our bucklers, and rain such blows upon each other's crests as shall cause the very earth to shake again! Ha! Come forth and fight with me!” MenHeartMayEarthFacesFightingNamesStrongCausesChallengesSilenceFateInspireBirthBattleDrawsDevilRainStonesCastsBlowMysteriousTheeShakesDaringBowsDreadWoeCalamityUnbrokenAvalanchesGauntlet Author:Leonid Andreyev
“Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school. ... If the government can compel such citizens as are fit for military service to bear spear and rifle, to mount ramparts, and perform other martial duties in time of war, how much more has it a right to compel the people to send their children to school, because in this case we are warring with the devil, whose object it is secretly to exhaust our cities and principalities of their strong men.” PeopleIfsMenChildrenWarGovernmentSchoolStrongCitiesCasesMilitaryObjectsDutyBearsCitizensFitAuthorityDevilDearObligationRulersRiflesSpearsStrong ManMilitary Service Author:Martin Luther
“Is it possible, then, to doubt that we can and must gain victory over the German invaders? The enemy is not as strong as some terror-stricken pseudo-intellectuals picture him. The devil is not as terrible as he is painted.” StrongEnemyDoubtVictoryTerribleDevilGainsTerrorPseudoInvadersPseudo Intellectuals Author:Joseph Stalin
“Cruelty was the devil, and most people were, in one way or another, cruel. Tyranny, suppression, persecution, torture, slavery, war, neglect - all were cruel. The world was acid and sour with hate, fat with greed, yellow with the triumph of the strong and the rich.” PeopleWorldWayWarHateStrongRichDevilSlaveryGreedTyrannyFatsCrueltyOne WayTriumphTortureNeglectYellowPersecutionAcidSourSuppression Book:And No Man's Wit Source: And No Man's Wit
“As no good is done, or spoken, or thought by any man without the assistance of God, working in and with those that believe in him, so there is no evil done, or spoken, or thought without the assistance of the devil, who worketh with strong though secret power in the children of unbelief. All the works of our evil nature are the work of the devil.” MenBelieveChildrenDoneEvilStrongSecretDevilAssistanceUnbelief Author:John Wesley
“We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.” WinningStrongSidesDevilSpreadStay StrongStay PositiveYour SideLove One AnotherCan't WinHeads Up Author:Mavis Staples
“Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the swimming brood climbs up only to fall back. Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free? Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our own hidden water? It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.” IfsMenEnoughMightWould BeFallCultureEvilStrongGrowsWaterDarkSecretDevilAngelUglyMonstersAbsurdRelatedClimbsSwimSwimmingPoolFenceStrong EnoughPondsFall BackUgly ThingsAngel And Devil Author:John Steinbeck
“You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?” LightStrongSleepDevilAngelBraveWickedCaptainsPorch Author:Tom Waits
“The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.” IfsKnowsUseTurnsStrongCasesEmotionalWeaknessDevilWeakPassionateArguingRationalFaithfulDemonLogicalStrongestLoyalYour StrongLoyal And Faithful Author:Aidan Chambers
“The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.” HardLastsGamesLeftStrongLosesHard WorkDevilFinalsChampionTennisDaringRelaxedRacks Book:Life of Pi Source: Life of Pi
“Be strong! Don't talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave. Everyone must work out his own salvation.” IfsLife IsStrongGrowthHellWeaknessDevilWeakSalvationBraveWork OutGhostSigns Of Life Author:Swami Vivekananda
“Sometimes you just have to be brave. You have to be strong. Sometimes you just can’t give in to weak thoughts. You have to beat down those devils that get inside your head and try to make you panic. You struggle along, putting one foot a little bit ahead of the other, hoping that when you go backwards it won’t be too far backwards, so that when you start going forwards again you won’t have too much to catch up” GivingTryingLittlesSometimesStrongBitsStruggleToo MuchFeetLittle BitBeatsDevilWeakBravePanicBackwardsBe Brave Author:James Marsden
“If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation? If your light and knowledge be not turned into practice, the more knowing a man you are, the more miserable a man you will be in the day of recompense; your light and knowledge will more torment you than all the devils in hell. Your knowledge will be that rod that will eternally lash you, and that scorpion that will forever bite you, and that worm that will everlastingly gnaw you; therefore read, and labor to know that you may do--or else you are undone forever.” IfsKnowsMenHeartMayEndsLightStrongPracticeHellForeverKnowingDevilLaborIncreaseMiserableBitesTormentWormsUndoneCondemnationLashesNot StrongRecompenseScorpionsLight And Knowledge Author:Thomas Brooks