Shields Quotes

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  There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Law, Names, Tyrants

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• Values are the shields that you carry throughout life and it protects you from whatever life throws at you.

  Queen Rania of Jordan

  Protect You, Protect, Values

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• A warrior carries his shield for the sake of the entire line.

  Plutarch

  Warrior, Sake, Lines

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• For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

  Henry David Thoreau

  Strength

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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• Your spirit is the true shield.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Mma, Spirit

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.150, Shambhala Publications

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• He who does not walk against the arrows cannot talk about the strength of his shield!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Strength, Arrows, Doe

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• Never shield your oddness, but wear your oddness as a shield.

  Sarra Manning

  Oddness

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• I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more.

  John Dryden

  Soul, Enough, Quiver

  John Dryden (1759). “Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, etc”, p.14

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• Prayer is a shield to the soul

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Soul

  John Bunyan (1872). “The Complete Works of John Bunyan”, p.80

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• Come back with your shield - or on it

  Plutarch

  Greek, Sparta, Empires

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• True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection.

  Ilona Andrews

  Needs, Opponents, Protection

  Ilona Andrews (2014). “Magic Breaks”, p.248, Penguin

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• I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!

  Kelly Brook

  Thinking, Light, Protective

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

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• A safe stronghold our God is still. A trusty shield and weapon.

  Martin Luther

  War, Safe, Weapons

  'Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott' (1529) translation by Thomas Carlyle

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• Marriage: If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don't expose it to the elements. You don't make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.

  F. Burton Howard

  Love, Family, Marriage

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• Silence is my weapon, silence is my shield.

  Marlon Riggs

  Silence, Weapons, Silence Is

  Source: espressostalinist.com

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• Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

  John Bunyan

  Prayer, Sacrifice, Soul

  John Bunyan (1872). “The Complete Works of John Bunyan”, p.80

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• Humor is hope's companion in arms. It is not brash, it is not cheap, it is not heartless. Among other things I think humor is a shield, a weapon, a survival kit.

  Ogden Nash

  Thinking, Heartless, Survival

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• Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn't penetrate.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Pain, Heart, Light

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• Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.

  Og Mandino

  Stars, Adversity, Principles

  "A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By".

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• Darkness shields as much as it threatens.

  R. Scott Bakker

  Darkness

  R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Judging Eye: One (The Aspect-Emperor Trilogy)”, p.274, The Overlook Press

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• All liars ... lie to protect themselves, to shield their egos from the raw pain of truth.

  Aminatta Forna

  Pain, Liars, Lying

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  Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

  Brooke Shields

  Inspirational, Happy, Wise

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

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• They saw their injured country's woe;
  The flaming town, the wasted field;
  Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
  They took the spear, - but left the shield.

  Philip Freneau

  Uplifting, Country, Memorial Day

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

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• Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

  Brooke Shields

  Honesty, Compassion, Quality

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

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• I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man.

  Og Mandino

  Heart, Men, Secret

  "The Greatest Salesman in the World". Book by Og Mandino. Chapter 9: "The Scroll Marked II," p. 58, 1968.

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