Knees Quotes

• I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Faith, Attitude

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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• When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

  Rumi

  Positive, Islamic, I Hate You

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• The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.

  Rona Barrett

  Inspiring, Strong, Health

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• The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Running, Volleyball

  "El Guerrouj digs deep for long-awaited gold" by Duncan Mackay, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

  Aeschylus

  Feet, Libertarian, Progressive

  Aeschylus (1984). “The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides”, p.135, Penguin

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• Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time.

  Charles Stanley

  Fighting, Winning, Battle

  Charles Stanley (2008). “Charles Stanley's Handbook for Christian Living: Biblical Answers to Life's Tough Questions”, p.544, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

  Ethel Barrymore

  Praying, Get Up, Wells

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• Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

  William Cowper

  Prayer, Devil, Saint

  William Cowper, “Olney Hymn 29: Exhortation To Prayer”

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• I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.

  Shania Twain

  Kneeling, Standing, Dies

  Song: Black Eyes, Blue Tears, Album: Come On Over

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• With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

  Cathy Freeman

  Cancer, Firsts, First Time

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Picture you upon my knee, just tea for two and two for tea.

  Irving Caesar

  Two, Tea

  "Tea for Two" (song) (1924)

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• I bet some of you feel sorry for me. Well don't. Having an artificial leg has its advantages. I've broken my right knee many times and it doesn't hurt a bit.

  Terry Fox

  Broken Heart, Hurt, Sorry

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• The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.

  William M. Evarts

  Rocks, Plymouth, Firsts

  Quoted in Louisville Courier-Journal, 4 July 1913.

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• If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.

  Zach Wamp

  Islamic, Israel, Iraq

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• Knee replacement is serious stuff. And it actually could have made me worse

  Lee Majors

  Stuff, Serious, Replacements

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• You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.

  Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

  Girl, School, Should Have

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• When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

  Dominic Chianese

  Sight, Years, Singing

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• I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.

  Guy Forget

  Practice, Knee Injuries, Each Day

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• My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

  Picabo Street

  Strong, Years, Two

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• Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family. I'll be in my glory when I have a child on my knee.

  Renee Zellweger

  Girl, Dream, Children

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• Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.

  Paul Weyrich

  Country, Islamic, Opportunity

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• If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.

  William Petersen

  Sports, Football, Player

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• Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?

  Jose Clemente Orozco

  José Clemente Orozco (2014). “José Clemente Orozco: An Autobiography”, p.24, University of Texas Press

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• Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

  Placido Domingo

  Fall, Careers, Giving

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• I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

  Reverend Malcolm Boyd

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