Such power I gave the people as might do, Abridged not what they had, now lavished new, Those that were great in wealth and high in place My counsel likewise kept from all disgrace. Before them both I held my shield of might, And let not either touch the other's right.
The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities. . . interfere with the fulfillment of this task. Such collective identities are crutches for the lame, shields for the timid, beds for the lazy, nurseries for the irresponsible. . . .
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; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.
Militant mothers hiding in the basement using pots and pans as their shields and their helmets.
ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
'The Story of Us' is about running into someone I had been in a relationship with at an awards show, and we were seated a few seats away from each other. I just wanted to say to him, 'Is this killing you? Because it's killing me. ' But I didn't. Because I couldn't. Because we both had these silent shields up.
Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.
When you're young your mother shields you from the world because she thinks you're too young to understand, and when she's old you shield her because she's too old to understand - or to have any more understanding inflicted upon her. The curve of life goes: want to know, know, don't want to know.
I'll tell you the only way to survive: Ask God to place a semi-permeable shield around your heart: One that only allows what He loves to enter.
My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.
The truth is often one's best shield.
I think we all wear some kind of mask. There are masks that shield us from others, but there are masks that embolden us, and you see that in carnival. The shiest child puts on a mask and can do anything and be anybody.
Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.
See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.
We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate for our inadequacies and repair our imperfections.