Top 115 Crowns Quotes & Sayings

I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake.

If I had rubies, riches, and crowns, I'd buy the whole world and change things around.

Giving out crowns to everyone will not make a nation of kings.

The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished and glorified through the furnaces of tribulation.

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast, and it is that which crowns a welcome.

It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.

First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream.

Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.

T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

Hamlet is every man's self-love with all its dreams realized. He wears all the crowns and carries every cross.

These crowns symbolize something greater than just a Miss California state crown. They carry a meaning of love, strength and unity for all.

My parents were always with me when I went through all the Triple Crowns.

The end crowns all, And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it.

Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods.

Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.

Crowns in my purse I have, and goods at home, And so am come abroad to see the world.

The thing with crowns is, it isn't the putting them on that's the problem, it's the taking them off.

Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.

The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'.

What would I do with starry crowns except to cast them at His feet?

There may come a day Which crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth, And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!

The gods, as they are beneficent, if they find anyone who is healthy and whole and unscarred by vice, will send him away, surely, after crowning him, not with golden crowns, but with all sorts of blessings.

And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.

A chaplet of leaves crowns the victor.

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.

If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading I would spurn them all.

I draw the art for the writers. A lil' chibi of each author crowns their articles.

All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

Merely to live without a pain Is little gladness, little gain, Ah, welcome joy tho' mixt with grief-- The thorn-set flower that crowns the leaf.

Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.

The crowns of kings do not prevent those who wear them from being tormented sometimes by violent headaches.

In all ages, hypocrites, called priests, have put crowns upon the heads of thieves, called kings.

And this is the only sound you should fear, man these kids wear crowns over here and everything is alright

I don't believe people playing rock n' roll should have crowns. We're not kings and queens. Anybody can play it.

There is a God! the sky his presence shares, His hand upheaves the billows in their mirth, Destroys the mighty, yet the humble spares And with contentment crowns the thought of worth.

Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.

I would willingly give fifty thousand crowns to be able to say that I took Paris without costing the life of one single man.

God crowns us. Most people crown their Christmas trees with either an angel or a star. God uses both.

The storm is ended! The impartial sunLaughs down upon the battle lost and won,And crowns the triumph of the cloudy hostIn rolling lines retreating to the coast.

Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts; Hast not thy share? On winged feet, Lo! it rushes thee to meet; . . .

Those are the murderers of art who are sitting on the top wearing crowns of fake intelligence. Let me bring them down with the power of my art, without delaying the matter further.

All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs.

The last act crowns the play.

Opinion crowns with an imperial voice.

Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.

Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God of mercy! When? Not kings and lords, but nations! Not thrones and crowns, but men! Flowers of thy heart, of God they are. Let them not pass like weeds, away Their heritage a sunless day! God save the people! When wilt thou save the people? Oh, God of mercy! When? The people Lord the people! Not thrones and crowns, but men! God save the people! Thine they are, Thy children, as thy angels fair, Save them from bondage and despair. God save the people!

Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

But it's true, kingdoms and crowns, a God who came down to find you. It's true, angels on high sing through the night, Alleluia.

Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.

Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year . . The Rose still blushes, and the vi'lets blow.

There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time!

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

When I got involved with The Five Crowns who later became The Drifters, and we got this hit record, I still was looking at this as kind of a fun thing.

Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.

Whoever declares a child to be "delicate" thereby crowns and anoints a tyrant.

Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves.

How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease!

The crown of a supertall redwood has a towering, cloudy, irregular form, and the crowns of the tallest redwoods can sometimes look like the plume of exhaust from a rocket taking off.