Quotation Explorer - 'Shield'

Humility and open-mindedness are a shield to keep your foot out of your mouth. - Laura Gilfillan
I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. - E.M. Forster
Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield. - Unknown
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. - Frank Herbert
The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law. - Andrew Jackson
There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned. - Isaac Asimov
If you want the waves to touch you softly, have a walk on the sea coasts; if you want the life to touch you softly, have a walk on the reason’s coasts, because reason is a shield that softens the strokes of life! - Mehmet Murat ildan
As day is to a sword, night is to a shield. - Anthony Liccione
Your shield must surpass your weaponry. - Toba Beta
Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey. - John Updike
The shield of faith is sword to conquer every fear. - Lailah Gifty Akita
We always protect our heads, our faces,' he commented as he followed a half-step behind and to her left. It's pure instinct; to shield the eyes. The irony is that the blind have no eyes to protect, and suffer most of their injuries on their legs. But instinct can be blind, too. - Melinda Cross
Not until we leave bad situations for worst situations, we shall least value and appreciate bad situations which shield us from the worst situation - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Knowledge is your shield; wisdom is your spear. - Matshona Dhliwayo
all may not be well but, sometimes, things that seem so uncanny are what shield and protect us from the worst situations in life. - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
Conventions are, indeed, all that shield us from the shivering void, though often they do so but poorly and desperately. - Robert Aickman
The Saviour’s shield of love surrounds us. - Lailah Gifty Akita
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity. - The Talmud
When it came to her, I became an indomitable warrior. My muscles became her shield and my lungs aided her breath. She would not fall with me by her side, for I was the wings that sprouted from her back. No one would cross her without first having to survive my wrath. - Hubert Martin
The same Everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day of your life. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all anxious thoughts. - Francis de Sales
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Far more than the shield is the Pleasure I get on the field . . . the Joy of the chase is greater than the result of the race. - RVM
No state has an inherent right to survive through conscript troops and in the long run no state ever has. Roman matrons used to say to their sons: "Come back with your shield, or on it." Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome.
Who upholds the gorsedd if not You? Who counts the ages of the world if not You? Who commands the Wheel of Heaven if not You? Who quickens life in the womb if not You? Therefore, God of All Virtue and Power, sain us and shield us with Your Swift Sure Hand. - Stephen R. Lawhead
The Lord is my rock, shield and great defender. - Lailah Gifty Akita
It was a shield that was meant to be broken only for each other ... Because this world was not their perception of their soul... Until they found the mirror of their reflection in each other... K.K - Konstantinos Kyriakou.K.K
Far more than the shield is the Pleasure I get on the field . . . the Joy of the chase is greater than the result of the race.-RVM - R.v.m.
your mother is the longest magic show you will ever seeno one knows how her face is target practice for her partner and a shield for her childrenhow she makes a mouthful of blood disappearerases bruiseshardens teethhow she wakes up and dresses her children beforedressing her wounds - Nia Afyah
Let me be your shield, let me be your wall. I'll always be there, even when you fall! - Nio Elbarazangi
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
The Lord is my strong shield. - Lailah Gifty Akita
Roof of your house is not your real roof; the walls of your house are not your real walls, your fists are not your real fists! Your real roof, your real wall, your real fist, your real shield is your right thinking! It is your right thinking that protects you from every danger! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Far more than the shield is the Pleasure I get on the field . . . the Joy of the chase is greater than the result of the race.- - RVM
There is no sharper spear than wisdom.There is no larger shield than faith.There is no better fortress than truth.There is no greater strength than hope.There is no higher power than love. - Matshona Dhliwayo
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