Thrones Quotes - Page 8

• It is not the thinker who is the true king of men, as we sometimes hear it proudly said. We need one who will not only show, but be the Truth; who will not only point, but open and be the Way; who will not only communicate thought, but give, because He is the Life. Not the rabbi's pulpit, nor the teacher's desk, still less the gilded chairs of earthly monarchs, least of all the' tents of conquerors, are the throne of the true king. He rules from the cross.

  Alexander MacLaren

  Teacher, Kings, Men

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 78), 1895.

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• A vast deal of human sympathy runs along the electric line of needlework, stretching from the throne to the wicker chair of the humble seamstress.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Running, Humble, Employment

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• In the vast, and the minute, we see
  The unambiguous footsteps of the God,
  Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing
  And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds.

  William Cowper

  Wings, Giving, Rolling

  William Cowper (1855). “The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems : Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence”, p.594

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• The Book, this Holy Book, on every line,
  Mark'd with the seal of high divinity,
  On every leaf bedew'd with drops of love
  Divine, and with the eternal heraldry
  And signature of God Almighty stamp'd
  From first to last; this ray of sacred light,
  This lamp, from off the everlasting throne,
  Mercy took down, and in the night of time
  Stood, casting on the dark her gracious bow;
  And evermore beseeching men With tears
  And earnest sighs, to read, believe and live.

  Robert Pollok

  Bible, Book, Believe

  Robert Pollok, “The Course Of Time. Book Ii.”

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• Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.

  John Milton

  Angel, Light, Virtue

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 5, l. 600

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• Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Power, Missing, Genius

  Walter Savage Landor (1853). “Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans”, p.306

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• Diogenes found more rest in his tub than Alexander on his throne.

  Francis Quarles

  Tubs, Found

  Francis Quarles (1856). “Enchiridon: containing institutions divine, moral”, p.106

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• A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Mother, Prayer, Missing

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• In every Christian's Heart, there is a cross and a throne, and the Christian is on the throne till he puts himself on the cross; if he refuses the cross, he remains on the throne. Perhaps this is at the bottom of the backsliding and worldliness among Gospel believers today. We want to be saved, but we insist that Christ do all the dying. No cross for us, no dethronement, no dying. We remain king within the little kingdom of man's soul and wear our tinsel crown with all the pride of a caesar; but we doom ourselves to shadows and weakness and spiritual sterility.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Spiritual, Kings

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• In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

  Maria Weston Chapman

  Government, Land, Republican

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• Earthly providence is a travesty of justice on any other theory than that it is a preliminary stage, which is to be followed by rectifications. Either there must be a future, or consummate injustice sits upon the throne of the universe. This is the verdict of humanity in all the ages.

  Randolph Sinks Foster

  Justice, Humanity, Age

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• [I believe in] the throne...parliamentary institutions...private enterprise and individual opinion against the socialization of the state...equity in the distribution of public burdens and strict maintenance of public faith with the creditors of the state [and] a fresh guarantee of peace by an alliance with France and...Belgium for the defence of our common interests against unprovoked attack.

  Austen Chamberlain

  Believe, Maintenance, Guarantees

  "The Impact of Labour, 1920-1924: The Beginnings of Modern British Politics" by Maurice Cowling, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (p. 147), 1971.

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• Woman is the highest, holiest, most precious gift to man. Her mission and throne is the family, and if anything is withheld that would make her more efficient, useful, or happy in that sphere, she is wronged, and has not her rights.

  John Todd

  Family, Women, Rights

  John Todd (1972). “Woman's Rights”, Arno Pr

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• I'm king of the dead and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin I gather them in, I gather them in!

  Benjamin

  Kings, Cottages, Cold

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• [God's] purposes are always accomplished. His enemies are always defeated. His faithful followers are always rewarded. His Son's throne will be established forever.

  James MacDonald

  Son, Forever, Faithful

  James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.155, Moody Publishers

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• There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys of paradise, which performs no duty which it can shirk, and whose constant prayer is to be lifted in some overwhelming flood of Divine grace, and be carried, amidst the admiration of men and the jubilance of angels, to the very throne of God.

  Henry Clay Trumbull

  Prayer, Angel, Men

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 502), 1895.

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• More attention should have been given to the fundamental transformation which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, from ruling sovereign to constitutional monarch. Again, gender mattered. If Albert had lived, it seems clear that he would have resisted that development much more tenaciously, which the gradual emasculation (and feminization) of monarchy was probably more easily accomplished when a woman was on the throne.

  David Cannadine

  Queens, Should Have, Sovereign

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• Crown Prince Rupprecht, the heir to the throne of Bavaria who commanded the army group facing the British at the Somme, was the senior direct lineal heir of James Stuart, the Old Pretender of 1715. Had there been any Jacobites left in Britain in 1916, they would have had to regard this south German prince as their rightful king.

  David Frum

  Senior, Kings, Army

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• I think television is moving more into movies, particularly with serialization and almost cinematic proportions and expectations. A show like 'Game of Thrones' is a perfect example of that, or even a show like 'The Wire,' which isn't all about instant gratification it's about inviting someone into the long experience of television the way you'd be invited into a theater for two hours. So I think in that way, and the quality of writing in television is probably much better than most film writing.

  Bryan Singer

  Moving, Writing, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• The true gospelstands before the throne of God declaring, 'Jesus did it all.'

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Jesus, Declaring

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• Men are merely on a lower or higher stage of an eminence, whose summit is God's throne infinitely above all; and there is just as much reason for the wisest as for the simplest man being discontent with his position, as respects the real quantity of knowledge he possesses.

  John Ruskin

  Real, Men, Reason

  John Ruskin (1912). “The fall”

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• When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost the reality of power. The English, having cut off the head of one of their kings and chased another off the throne, still go on their knees to address the successors of those princes. On the other hand, when a republic falls under one man's yoke, the ruler's demeanor remains simple, unaffected, and modest, as if he had not already been raised above everybody.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Kings, Fall, Cutting

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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• He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.

  Charles Wesley

  Jesus, Father, Race

  Charles Wesley (2014). “Wesley's Hymns and the Methodist Sunday-School Hymn-Book”, p.219, Ravenio Books

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• Typically in 'Game of Thrones,' people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons tend not to survive.

  Richard Madden

  Games, People, Honest

  "‘Game Of Thrones’ Robb Stark Speaks: Richard Madden Addresses Shocking Developments" by Maureen Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 2, 2013.

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• One of the most beautiful things about 'Game of Thrones' is it's told from so many different points of view, and these characters can convince you that what they're doing is right. But they're only showing you a bit of the picture, and when you see it from another character's point of view you may switch allegiances.

  Richard Madden

  Beautiful, Character, Views

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