Kings Quotes

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

There's a king in every crowd.

If God calls you to be a minister, don't stoop to becoming a king.

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

The patriots of 1776 had far more to fear from Benedict Arnold than they did King George. An enemy easily identified is much less formidable than one who marches in the uniform of an ally.

King thought he understood the white Southerner, having been born and reared in Georgia and trained a theologian.

To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do

Some pieces in the King's Indian appear on a 'special price' list: the dark square bishops are at the top of that list.

Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known; Kings seek their subjects' good: tyrants their own.

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man...not to democracy, or blood; it's to a King & a Kingdom

I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.

People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.

My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.

I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son.

The queens in history compare favorably with the kings.

More men would be treated like kings if they would only treat their wives like queens instead of servants.

No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

King of kings, that must be Elvis.

Life is rarely easy, but, with Christ our King, it is always good.

No matter what obeisance the state may demand, we who serve the King are free indeed.

Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household.

Most of my recent plays were written in the railway train between Hatfield and Kings Cross. I write anywhere, on the top of omnibuses or wherever I may be; it is all the same to me.

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

Today the biggest decisions I make aren't related to the heavyweight title. They are whether I visit McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, or Jack-in-the-Box.

A male scorpion is stabbed to death after mating. In chess, the powerful queen often does the same to the king without giving him the satisfaction of a lover.

If Martin Luther King came back, he'd say we need another civil rights movement built on class not race.

Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.

In a heartbeat, a thousand voices took up the chant. King Joffrey and King Robb and King Stannis were forgotten, and King Bread ruled alone. "Bread." they clamored. "Bread, Bread!

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

Kings are like stars,-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.

I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for.

Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy and more dictatorship.

The reason I emphasize that is because that is exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy.

You reason like the king, who, being sent across the frontier, called out, 'What will become of my poor subjects without me?'

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread... and a thousand other things of the same kind.

A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well.

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.

Information has become king, whereas wisdom should be king and there is a big difference between the two.

Kings fear change. Leaders crave it.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

A hashtag is not helping... A hashtag is not a movement. A hashtag does not make you Dr. King. A hashtag does not change anything. It's a hashtag.