Quotes About Ruler

Un prince qui n'est pas sage par lui-même ne peut être bien conseillé

Quod Principi plaevit habet legis vigorem

El poder suele llamar terrorista a quien lo asusta a él, que no siempre coincide con quien asusta a la población. Hay casos en que sí coincide, sin duda, pero hay otros en que lo más terrorífico para un pueblo es su propio gobernante

Orpheus said the mind is a slide ruler. It can fit around anything. Show me your body, he said. It only means one thing.

The Dictator must have living crowds and also a crowd of corpses.

A real king is the one who recognizes that, in governing his kingdom, he is a true minister of God. Conversely whoever does not reign with a view to serving God's glory acts not as a ruler but as a robber.

Ptolemy was also accompanied by his sister-wife Arsinoe, and she paraded before the army with her brother-husband.

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.

Father eternal, ruler of creation, Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made Through the thick darkness covering every nation Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

It's great to be queen!

Human society: it is an attempt—so I teach—a long seeking: it seeketh however the ruler!— —An attempt, my brethren! And NO contract! Destroy, I pray you, destroy that word of the soft-hearted and half-and-half!

A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.

What does the name Ryan mean? Ryan is an Irish/American name that means The Little King or The Little Ruler.

The ruler must be a philosopher as well as a king; and he must govern unwillingly, because he loves philosophy better than dominion.

He was probably right. Russia at the turn of the century, with all its problems, might have been too much for any ruler, but Nicholas was better fitted to be a country squire or the mayor of a small town.

God is the ruler of history. His times are well chosen The Roman Empire was an instrument in his hand. And so are the nations of the modern world.

I am your queen," the woman answered.

I am Darkness. I am Shadow. I am the Ruler of the Night. I, alone, stand between mankind and those who would see mankind destroyed. I am the Guardian. The Soulless Keeper. Neither Human, nor Apollite, I exist beyond the realm of the Living, beyond the realm of the Dead. I am the Dark-Hunter. And I am Eternal…unless I find that one pure heart who will never betray me. The one whose faith and courage can return my soul to me and bring me back into the light. (Dark-Hunter Creed)

Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.

In all three Gospel accounts, it is followed by the rich young ruler's question of what he must do to enter the kingdom, providing a contrast to the children.

What a sublime picture was this! A ruler of a mighty nation going to the pages of the Bible with simple Christian earnestness for comfort and courage, and finding both in the darkest hours of a nation's calamity. Ponder it, O ye scoffers at God's Holy Word, and then hang your heads for very shame!

Hadrian's successor Antoninus Pius ruled for twenty-three years, nor did he undertake any expedition other than the visiting of his estates in Campania, averring that the entourage of an emperor, even one over frugal, was a burdensome thing to the provinces. SCRIPTOTES HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE, ANTONINUS PIUS, 7. 4–12.