Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "F" » fearing
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
«Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.»
«Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking;»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| Keywords:
beliefs, clash, clashed, clashes, clashing, common, customs, essential, fearing, freethinker, Freethinkers, in his right mind, in their right minds, minds, prejudice, privileges, Rights and privileges, state, state of mind, The Clash, willing
«Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.»
Author: Peter T. Mcintyre
| About:
Confidence
| Keywords:
always, being, but, by rights, comes, confidence, confidences, fearing, from, right, righted, righting, right a, to be, wrong, wronging
«But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.»
«For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.»
«And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.»
«And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: / Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.»
«A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
appearance, apprehensive, devotion, fearing, god-fearing, illegal, on the other hand, pious, put on, ruler, subjects, treatment, tyrant, uncommon
«FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider that pious and learned theologians have spent long lives in explaining it, and written libraries to explain their explanations; when I remember the nations have been divided and bloody battles caused by the difference between foreordination and predestination, and that millions of treasure have been expended in the effort to prove and disprove its compatibility with freedom of the will and the efficacy of prayer, praise, and a religious life, --recalling these awful facts in the history of the word, I stand appalled before the mighty problem of its signification, abase my spiritual eyes, fearing to contemplate its portentous magnitude, reverently uncover and humbly refer it to His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and His Grace Bishop Potter.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
abase, abased, abasing, appalled, compatibility, contemplate, disprove, disproved, disproving, eminence, expend, expended, expending, explaining, explanations, fearing, foreordination, freedom of the will, gibbon, History of the, humbly, Libraries, long-lived, pious, portentous, potter, predestination, recalling, refer, religious freedom, reverently, signification, theologian, theologians, The Mighty, uncover
«Be good, be serviceable; Be useful, be kind and Be God-fearing.»
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
