Quotes About Shield

The idolatry of whiteness and the cloak of innocence that shields it can only be quenched by love, but not merely, or even primarily, a private, personal notion of love, but a public expression of love that holds us all accountable. Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

Of Magic That Protects Him While He's With Them

One of the major functions of every culture has been to shield its members from chaos, to reassure them of their importance and ultimate success.

Power becomes entrenched as a result of barriers that shield incumbents from rivals.

Your spirit is the true shield.

He frowned. "Many people treat age as if its a shield to hide behind, something that protects our children. And sometimes it is. Until someone comes along who doesn't honor the shield. Then we decide if we're going to keep pretending that shield is there. The Empire doesn't care what age she is. So she must learn about this threat that faces all of us.

Silence damages the victim and only serves to nourish the abuse and shield the wrongdoer from accountability. Simply put—silence aids the abuser.

As a shield against despair she had decided early on to live with the expectation of doom, an inspired tactic, because, by expecting it, it never fully arrived.

Memory is a lie, a creative act, a flimsy shield against the truth.

The shield on his left arm was matcing red leather stretched over wood and painted with a black snake with golden eyes and tongue; around its edge another snake, this time of armoured scales, glinted in the shimmering tree light.

Her thoughts came together, smooth as a shield wall: The fact they could check the prophecy they must believe.

Indifference was her cloak and shield.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield. Evil prefers it when people don't believe.

Sometimes the thought had occurred to me that Adam dressed so civilized in his silk shirts and hand-tailored suits as a shield against the wildness within him.

The devout belief that the world is explainable is both a terrible vulnerability and a stout shield.

Jesus Lord, welcome thou me In form of bread as I see thee Jesus, for thy holy name, Shield me today from sin and shame.

He constructed a shell to hide his aloneness, and it hardened on his back. I know of no sadder story.

Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”

The shaft of his spear was like a weaverís beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.

O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.

But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.