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Quotes About Reckoning

You who reject the faith (kafirun) I do not worship what you worship And you do not worship what I worship I am not a worshipper of what you worship You are not a worshipper of what I worship. A reckoning (din) for you and a reckoning for me.72
~ Karen Armstrong
Truth is truth to the end of reckoning . What was that from? Measure for Measure ? But perhaps, truth was asleep until the end of reckoning. There was going to be an awful lot of reckoning when the time came.
~ Kate Atkinson
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
~ John Gay
And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.
~ Eric Clapton
You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.
~ Jeaniene Frost
I'm only afraid of dying if I'm to be held accountable for what I did while living. If there's no God or reckoning, I'm like, whew!
~ Dana Gould
Everything burned, everyone lied, and no one paid for it but the ones in the muck.
~ Chris Galford, At Faith's End
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
~ Anthony Trollope
Above all, never think you're not good enough. Never think that. In life people will take you at your own reckoning.
~ Isaac Asimov
I will never understand a desire for a reckoning so strong that you burn down your own house to get it,
~ Jana Deleon
Görmezden gelinecek suç yoktur!
~ Alexandra Lapierre
Old Time is never discreet or tactful.
~ Rex Stout
He had made a vow, a private promise to the world in the long dark watches of the night, that if he did survive then in the great afterward he would always try to be kind, to live a good quiet life. Like Candide, he would cultivate his garden. Quietly. And that would be his redemption. Even if he could add only a feather to the balance it would be some kind of repayment for being spared. When it was all over and the reckoning fell due, it may be that he would be in need of that feather.
~ Kate Atkinson
the human heart was dark beyond all reckoning; it also likened the heart to a river. And further, it said, "If we are not careful, that river can carry us along in its hidden currents of want and anger and need, and transform each of us into the very criminal we fear.
~ Kate DiCamillo
One life per year. It seemed so moderate a price... until you looked back and realized you could fill a movie theater with your victims.
~ Kelley Armstrong
She was twenty-six years old, her life was ruined, and it was her own fault.
~ Ken Follett
Even if we, as northerners, choose to ignore this history, the victims' descendants will not
~ William R. Polk
O God of battles! steel my soldiers' hearts;Possess them not with fear; take from them nowThe sense of reckoning, if the opposed numbersPluck their hearts from them.
~ William Shakespeare
Stoker gave him a thin, feral smile, baring his teeth. "You always were a slippery bastard," he said in a low tone. "But even you cannot talk your way around the fact that we found your name in Ramsforth's ledger.
~ Deanna Raybourn
Batty had been blown up, drowned, smashed on the rocks, or some combination of the three. And it was all Skye's fault.
~ Jeanne Birdsall
Mr. Dawson's wife was really so very meek that I fear when the Day of Reckoning comes much of this tyranny will be forgiven him and laid to her account.
~ Elizabeth von Arnim
Even grief has its arrogance." "Then you have learned, my son, that vengeance belongs only to God?" "More than that, Father," said Luc. "I have learned that in God's hands vengeance is safe. However long delayed, however strangely manifested, the reckoning is sure.
~ Ellis Peters
Kill first and then say, Gosh, were you actually good? My duh!
~ Kresley Cole
I've wrought my family's destruction. Killed those I loved most, with my very touch. My dark precipice has been reached. I throw back my head and roar as recognition takes hold. I am Death...
~ Kresley Cole