A Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man is at his tallest when he bows.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Bows His Man Tallest

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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English - Writer
May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.

Mahatma Gandhi

As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.

Don Marquis

The happy man is he who knows his limitations, yet bows to no false gods.

Robert W. Service

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

You’re like a gift,” he said, his voice rough. “All wrapped up for someone else. A man can’t look at you, but think of loosing those bows, one by one.

Tessa Dare

Protect your hands! Some fans demonstrate their enthusiam with bone-crushing hand shakes. My former teacher Julian Bream often bows Japanese style with his hands behind his back. Smart man!.

Liona Boyd

The Jew bows before no man only God

Menachem Begin

I just always wear bows. I always love bows, and it's always been my thing.

JoJo Siwa

What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.

Reginald Heber

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

Livy

The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.

Reginald Heber

A dad stands tallest when he kneels to pray with his children.

Rick Warren

Father Mapple paused a little; then kneeling in the pulpit's bows, folded his large brown hands across his chest, uplifted his closed eyes, and offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea.