What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it? - Jerome
The pursuit of the crucified crown follows the performance of the crucified King such that both performances go against the power structures of the world that think victory and power come only through aggressive and violent means. - Matt Farlow
Here she comes, running, out of prison and off the pedestal: chains off, crown off, halo off, just a live woman. - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Ignorance need not remove the crown on the head of a king before making him a slave - Osho Samuel Adetunji
When kings the sword of justice first lay down; They art no kings, though they posess the crown; Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things, The good of subjects is the end of kings.
No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, the marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, become them with one half so good a grace as mercy does. - William Shakespeare
silence in the lightover thick bamboo leaves, the sunmagical yellow- , Day's Crown Haiku - Tara Estacaan
Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. - Thomas Paine
It is not the best for us to lay embago on the industries that produce temptations. What we need to do is to compete, overcome and dominate the market with the products of our endurance. No battles we face, no crown will we win. No temptations exist, no conquerors are known. - Israelmore Ayivor
So I'll be your queen if you'll be my king,My knight to defend my claimed heart.I need no crown, just your last name and a ringAnd the promise you'll never depart. - Phar West Nagle
Mockers = Crown Polishers - Steven Chopade
We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has. - Marianne Williamson
Even the ugliest swan is still more beautiful than the loveliest crown on the fence, Anna thought - Jill Alexander Essbaum
Chin up princess, or the crown slips. - Unknown
One more soldier of the Cross has taken up his crown; one more beloved member of our church has gone to the great assembly above; one more Christian has triumphed in the living Faith; one more flower is planted and harvested in the garden of God's Kingdom. - Reverend Ada Slaton Bonds, Cumberland Presbyterian
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life. - Bible
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. - William Penn
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such. - Og Mandino
Except for my daughters, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for . His was a great and beautiful spirit, he was a man – all man, from crown to footsoles. My reverence for him was deep and genuine. Mark Twain - his
A rich person is just a poor person with a crown and elaborate clothing, and a poor person is just a rich person with a crownless head and ragged clothing. - Zanjabil
To us children he (Mr Ewing) was our very own ‘Mr Chips’ and invariably we would each receive half a crown whenever we encountered him on his afternoon walk. If we were particularly lucky, he would send us to the ‘Big House’ for ice-cream – a rare treat in the early 1950s - Bill Scott
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know. - William Cowper
Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns. - Shannon L. Alder
Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. - Mark Twain
Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear? … Yet it is bright with many a gem; I, the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that I wear that, that dazzling confounds. ’Tis Iron – that I know – not gold. - Herman Melville
Truth wears a crown of thorns - Maria Faustina Kowalska
Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown... - Robert Greene
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown. - Victor Hugo
A slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown. - Albert Camus
The hoary head is a crown of glory. - Bible
Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable? - Paul David Washer
Know your biggest WHY? Why do you joined network marketing business. Why do you want to change your life? It is your WHY that pushes you and edges you towards the crown of glory in the industry. Discover your why and get things done quickly, - Olawale Daniel
George III was incapable of passing on a sense of mission to his son might a given some purpose to the crown prince's existence - Henrik Bering
Families, when a child is born Want it to be intelligent. I, through intelligence, Having wrecked my whole life, Only hope the baby will prove Ignorant and stupid. Then he will crown a tranquil life By becoming a Cabinet Minister
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. - William Shakespeare
Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown. - American Proverb
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life. - Bible
EVERYONE IS A KING OR QUEEN, YOU DONT NEED A CROWN TO SHOW IT. - Genereux Philip
No Condemnation now I dread,Jesus, and all in Him, is mineAlive in Him, my Living Head,And clothed in Righteousness Divine,Bold I approach th' eternal Throne,And claim the Crown, through Christ my own - Charles Wesley
A true man will treat a woman how she treats herself, you can't expect to be a queen when your disrespecting your own crown. - Nikki Rowe
By the way, when you finish the bottle of Crown Royal, you can still use the pouch to hold your broken dreams. - Jon Stewart
Rise, Luthiel, in the name of love you came and in the name of love I crown you! - Robert Fanney