might quotes

Thought shall be the harder, heart the keener, courage the greater, as our might lessens.

-Anonymous
c.1000  The Battle of Maldon (translated by R K Gordon).

And David danced before the L with all his might.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORD2 Samuel 6:14.

Whatsoever thy hand findethto do; do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Ecclesiastes 9:10.

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying,This is the word ofthe L unto Zerubbabel, saying,Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the L of hosts.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDORDZechariah 4:6.

For who can be secure of private right, If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might? Nor is the people's judgement always true: The most may err as grossly as the few. 290

-John Dryden
Absalom and  Achitophel, pt.1, l.779^82.

O tell of his might,O sing of his grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

- Sir Robert Grant
  'O worship the King, all glorious above', collected in Sacred Poems (1839).

Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our dutyas we understand it.

- Abraham Lincoln
  Speech, NewYork, 27 Feb.

Thereisnostrengthinunbelief.Eventheunbeliefof what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.

- George MacDonald
The Marquis of Lossie (published1906).

Might first made kings, and laws were then most sure When†they were writ in blood.

- Christopher Marlowe
c.1589  The Jew of Malta (published1633),'Prologue'.