A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.
To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.
To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.
I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children.
The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return.
Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.
When you title yourself, you immediately lend yourself to all kinds of pretension
I had always wanted to lend my voice to a character. I did a voice for this video game, called 'Fallout 3,' and that was really fun.
Your old road is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'.
And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
It doesn't matter what it is, it doesn't matter if you have training or a background in it. Just create something, and lend a piece of yourself to that art.
How much on outward show does all depend,
If virtues from within no lustre lend!
Strip off th'externals M and Y, the rest
Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.
Children are rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money. There are, however, exceptions, and such children are an excellent addition to any party.
To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked.
I am hoping to be able to lend my support to a Sickle Cell charity in the near future, as I want to try and help raise money and awareness about this disease.
Why borrow if you are not in need of it? You must lend feet to the maximum of your bed only, and not to borrow except in the case of necessity.
I kind of wish they’d shut up,” Jack said. “Dude, true dat,” Lend answered. Jack nodded solemnly. “For serious.
Look, I certainly couldn't say that my unusual upbringing didn't lend itself to becoming an actor - of course it did. People want to see what Edward and Joanna's son can do.
We think we've got great stories and characters that will lend themselves to great standalone experiences, and that's the way we're focusing on it.
It's a good thing we're pretty to look at," I said as Lend sat down on the orange plastic seats next to me. "Because we don't have much else going for us as bowlers.
The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
I own a hundred and fifty books, but I have no bookcase. Nobody will lend me a bookcase.
They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.
I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.
Most of us dont live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.
Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior work by the variety which they lend to its style and treatment.
Some men love only to talk where they are masters. They like to go to school-girls, or to boys, or into the shops where the sauntering people gladly lend an ear.
While countless Americans are pulling together to lend a helping hand, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are pointing fingers in a shameless effort to tear us apart.
I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.
How?d you get here?? I asked. She winked. ?You?re not the only ones who can steal cars. Or, in my case, get people to ‘willingly? lend them.
Holy, fair, and wise is she;
The heaven such grace did lend her,
That she might admired be.
The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue
Negative interest rates hurt banks' balance sheets, with the 'wealth effect' on banks overwhelming the small increase in incentives to lend.
For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.
And for the few that only lend their ear,
That few is all the world.
The government can reasonably rely on debt ratings when it forms programs to lend money to buyers of otherwise unattractive debt instruments.
Lend your money and lose your friend.
You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?
Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.
I don't know what specific frontiers Germany could adopt for her purposes, but I think that those willing "to lend" a frontier to her can be found.
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.
It is Love and the Lover that live eternally -
Don't lend your heart to anything else; all else is borrowed.
All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. But you turned into a lover, and mother what a lover, you wore me out.
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
I suspect that most playgoers don't understand how inexact a science literary translation is. Even the simplest of lines may lend itself to multiple renderings.
Someone had to lend me a hand or two to pull me forward. I feel it's my duty to make sure I do the same.
Sword? Haven't got a sword. That boy has, though. He'll lend you one.
If I ever got to do television, I would be interested in doing different kinds of characters and stories, and television doesn't lend itself to that.
Most of us don't live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.
The commitment of giving your best at all times, in all circumstances and under all conditions, can enable you to find value in, and lend value to, every experience.
O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
I would love to, if someone would lend me the money.
If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.
'Lost,' at its core, is a science-fiction show. Live music helps lend an air of legitimacy to this otherwise crazy storyline. It makes a big difference.
Though fear should lend him pinions like the wind, yet swifter fate will seize him from behind.
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