Shield Quotes
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And (Allah made) the kindness to parents as a protectional (shield) to His wrath and displeasure.
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More Shield Quotes
Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics.It is at once our sword and our shield.
William Morris Hughes— 1926 Speech, Melbourne.
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with A spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. [...] And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with the sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
david— 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (KJV)
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh heavier than lead, and with their wings exceedingly small. He did not, and that ought to show something. It is only in order to shield your ignorance that you put the Lord at every turn to the refuge of a miracle.
Galileo Galilei— Notes in a copy of Jean-Baptiste Morin's "Famous and ancient problems of the earth's motion or rest, yet to be solved" (published 1631), as quoted in The Crime of Galileo (1976) by Giorgio De Santillana, p. 167
Oh! too convincing dangerously dear In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue at once her spear and shield.
lord byron— Corsair, Canto II, Stanza 15.
And (Allah made) the kindness to parents as a protectional (shield) to His wrath and displeasure.
— Ayan al-Sh?‘ah, vol.1, p.316
They came with banner, spear, and shield, and it was proved in Bosworth field. Not long the Avenger was withstood, Earth help'd him with the cry of blood.
william wordsworth— William Wordsworth, Song at the Feast of Brougham Castle, Stanza 3. Last line probably taken from John Beaumont's Battle of Flodden Field. Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 841-60.
I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.
Adam Lindsay Gordon— 'The Swimmer', stanza 5, collected in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870).
If it falls to me to start a fight to cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism in our country with the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play, so be it.
jonathan aitken— Criticising press reports that he had violated the ministerial code of conduct; he later started a libel trial, which ended in his conviction for perjury.
— 10 April 1995; quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, 3rd ed., 2007, p.6
No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned and inscribed for the benefit of every human being subject to our Constitution -- of whatever race, creed, or persuasion.
hugo black— Writing for the court, Chambers v. Florida, 209 U.S. 227 (1938).
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;They took the spear, but left the shield.
— To the Memory of the Americans who fell at Eutaw. Compare: "When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatched the spear, but left the shield", Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Introduction to canto iii.
Leopards on the gable-ends,Leopards on the painted stair,Stiff the blazoned shield they bear,Or and gules, a bend of vair,Leopards on the gable-ends,Leopards everywhere.
vita sackville-west— "Leopards at Knole" p. 143
Can you by humble faith look to Jesus and say: "My substitute, my refuge, ray shield; Thou art my rock, my trust; in Thee do I confide? "Then, beloved, to you I have nothing to say, except this: " Never be afraid when you see God's power; for now that you are forgiven and accepted, now that by faith you have fled to Christ for refuge, the power of God need no more terrify you than the shield and sword of the warrior need terrify his wife and child."
charles haddon spurgeon— P. 591. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
“Pray for those you send, shield them by prayer.
james hudson taylor— (A.J. Broomhall. Hudson Taylor and China’s Open Century, Book Six: Assault on the Nine. London: Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1988, 294.)
The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of Paul's Roman citizenship, which sent the centurion scurrying to his higher-ups with the message: "Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman".
— Robert H. Jackson, Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160, 182 (1941).
Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
john dryden— John Dryden, Don Sebastian, Act I, scene 1.
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
Edmund Burke— 1788-02-15.
When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield.
walter scott— Canto III, introduction.
Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers' feelings.
richard m. stallman— Stallman's "sayings" page
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council; many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter.
Tacitus— Chapter 6. (Germania (98))
The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of Paul 's Roman citizenship, which sent the centurion scurrying to his higher-ups with the message: "Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman".
— Robert H. Jackson, Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160, 182 (1941).
A mighty fortress is our God , A sword and shield victorious ; He breaks the cruel oppressors rod And wins salvation glorious .
— Martin Luther, in “Wordsof Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)”, p.140
I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
john dryden— John Dryden, Sebastian, Act I, scene 1.
If, after an absolute consecration to Him, and a conviction in conscience that He requires something of us, we hesitate, delay, lose courage, dilute what He would have us do, indulge fear for our comfort or safety, desire to shield ourselves from suffering and obloquy, or seek to find some excuse for not performing a difficult or painful duty, we are truly guilty in His sight.
— François Fénelon, p. 249. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with A spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. [...] And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with the sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
— 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (KJV)
Fasting is a shield against (hell) fire. Charity and dole remove and finish sin, as does the remembrance of God in the midnight.
— Muhammad Kulayni, Us?l al-K?f?, vol.2, p.23
The seven-fold shield of Ajax cannot keep The battery from my heart. O, cleave, my sides!
— Antony, scene xiv (Act IV)
In every election cycle that I can recall, there comes a moment - or a few - where charges of elitism and claims of commonness are wielded by presidential candidates like a sword and shield : 'Vote for me 'cause I'm one of you. It's the other guy who's out of touch.'
— John Ridley, in The Elitist Tipping Point
Canada emerged as a political entity with boundaries largely determined by the fur trade. These boundaries included a vast north temperate land area extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and dominated by the Canadian shield. The present Dominion emerged not in spite of geography but because of it.
harold innis— Conclusion, p.393.
