Quotes about Ruler

The word is a bouncing ball The ruler throws from his balcony. The word has been a shot of morphine. Rulers calm their people with speeches. Votes: 4

This is my Father's world: O let me ne'er forget That though the wrong Seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet. Votes: 3

We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us. Votes: 3

The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed. Votes: 3

It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored. Votes: 3

I am the monarch of the sea, The Ruler of the Queen's Navee, Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants And we are his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts! Votes: 3

One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total. Votes: 3

The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children. Votes: 3

Under the blessings of Divine Providence ... It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored. Votes: 3

He smiled despite the grief he felt at the deaths of his men; he smiled because that was what he did. That was how he proved to the Lord Ruler-and to himself-that he wasn't beaten. Votes: 3

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Votes: 3

They stood there, King of the Hill, Top of the Heap, Ruler of All They Surveyed, Unimpeachable Monarchs and Presidents, trying to understand what it meant to own a world and how big a world really was. Votes: 3

The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may delude our short-sighted judgments, never fail to vindicate their supremacy and immutability. Votes: 3

I bring you a message from a friend of ours," she said quietly. "He wanted you to know that he's not dead. He can't be killed." "He is hope." The she raised the spear and rammed it directly into the Lord Ruler's heart. Votes: 3

I appreciate my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai, and the Council of Ministers, who face every morning challenges, but plan and remove all obstacles to score achievements. Votes: 3

Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights. Votes: 3

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. Votes: 1

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler. Votes: 1

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. Votes: 1

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Votes: 1

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. Votes: 1

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. Votes: 1

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all. Votes: 1

A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law. Votes: 1

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself. Votes: 1

No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence. Votes: 1

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. Votes: 1

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. Votes: 1

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. Votes: 1

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me. Votes: 1

I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. Votes: 1

If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding. Votes: 1

Your real self - the 'I am I' - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm. Votes: 1

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Votes: 1

I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. Votes: 1

Weapons of mass destruction are the greatest threat to life on earth. Biological weapons are often called the poor man's atomic bomb. Saddam Hussein is the ruler who has for decades been making the most determined and diabolical illegal effort to acquire them. Votes: 1

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Votes: 1

I was brought up in a very religious household and did a lot of praying throughout a big part of my life and always thought of God as being not only a powerful father figure and the ruler of all time and dimension but also as a friend with whom I could chat and ask questions to and get advice from. Votes: 1

A ruler isn't always straight. Votes: 0

Convention is the ruler of all. Votes: 0

Stillness is the ruler of haste. Votes: 0

O Winter, ruler of the inverted year! Votes: 0

Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new. Votes: 0

The worst ruler is one who cannot rule himself. Votes: 0

Fashion as King is sometimes a very stupid ruler. Votes: 0

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition. Votes: 0

Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. Votes: 0

Any fool with ambition and heartlessness can be a ruler. Votes: 0

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel. Votes: 0

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Votes: 0

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people. Votes: 0

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler. Votes: 0

Spirit is a more accurate measure of success than the ruler. Votes: 0

Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler. Votes: 0

The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. Votes: 0

In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost. Votes: 0

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly. Votes: 0

You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste! Votes: 0

Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler. Votes: 0

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. Votes: 0

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers Votes: 0

It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy. Votes: 0

When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend. Votes: 0

Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler. Votes: 0

That realm is never long in quiet, where the ruler is a soldier. Votes: 0

A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one. Votes: 0

weather is the indisputable ruler of the forest and every living thing in it ... Votes: 0

The best jihad is to speak a word of justice to an oppressive ruler. Votes: 0

You are the ruler of my heart. There is no measure greater than this. Votes: 0

The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them. Votes: 0

It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men. Votes: 0

Any reasonable ruler would have the expectation and the demand the other way round. Votes: 0

A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler. Votes: 0

An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. Votes: 0

The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation. Votes: 0

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons. Votes: 0

Whatever may be, I am still largely the creator and ruler of my emotional destiny. Votes: 0

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. Votes: 0

Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons. Votes: 0

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty. Votes: 0

A petty thief is put in jail. A great brigand becomes a ruler of a Nation. Votes: 0

Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler. Votes: 0

An immovable object and an unstoppable force don't exist in universe which ruled by single ruler. Votes: 0

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people. Votes: 0

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. Votes: 0

Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods. Votes: 0

Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources. Votes: 0

If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable. Votes: 0

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire. Votes: 0

The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law. Votes: 0

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others. Votes: 0

Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? Votes: 0

The once all-powerful ruler of Iraq was found in a hole, and now sits in a prison cell. Votes: 0

We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler. Votes: 0

Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered . Votes: 0

When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something. Votes: 0

And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood. Votes: 0

Jesus smashed two of the rich young ruler's assumptions: Christianity is something you can ADD and something you can DO. Votes: 0

I'm the ruler in my kingdom and my dark seat is hot. Step into my world and your heartbeat stop! Votes: 0

It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example. Votes: 0

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it. Votes: 0

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. Votes: 0

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue. Votes: 0

When his (the good ruler's) task is accomplished and his work done, The people all say, "It happened to us naturally. Votes: 0

A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others. Votes: 0

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him. Votes: 0

And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood. Votes: 0

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight. Votes: 0

What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot. Votes: 0

...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is. Votes: 0

A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous. Votes: 0

Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance. Votes: 0

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth. Votes: 0

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas... Votes: 0

What we believe and trust becomes the very ruler for our souls by the influence of powers which work either righteously or evilly Votes: 0

A kingdom always includes three fundamental components: a ruler, a realm of subjects who fall under his rule, and the rules or governances. Votes: 0

I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures. Votes: 0

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler. Votes: 0

Not the least of the qualities that go into the making of a great ruler is the ability of letting others serve him. Votes: 0

Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free. Votes: 0

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt. Votes: 0

If you want everything to be nice and straight all the time, then go live in a world made with a triungular ruler. Votes: 0

The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler. Votes: 0

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. Votes: 0

Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions. Votes: 0

The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible. Votes: 0

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. Votes: 0

A person or a ruler who executes his plans (of public welfare) after due consideration, the prosperity stands with him for a longer period. Votes: 0

If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands. Votes: 0

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius. Votes: 0

You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body. Votes: 0

Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler. Votes: 0

There isn't a ruler, a yard stick or a measuring tape in the entire world long enough to compute the strength and capabilities inside you. Votes: 0

The primary component upon which all else rests in a kingdom is the authority of the ruler. Without that, there is anarchy resulting in mess. Votes: 0

Cuba's poverty is caused by the crackpot Marxist doctrines imposed by its sociopathic ruler and promoted by half the liberal arts professors on American faculties. Votes: 0

One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly. Votes: 0

Once a ruler becomes religious, it becomes impossible for you to debate with him. Once someone rules in the name of religion, your lives become hell. Votes: 0

Many sections are taken up with political discussions and how the way of the ruler, the merchant, the householder, and the army interact with the Tao. Votes: 0

Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. Votes: 0

To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance. Votes: 0

Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity. Votes: 0

I am the rightful ruler of this world And now that I, too, have awakened, like my dragons, I have come to take back what is mine. Votes: 0

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever. Votes: 0

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression. Votes: 0

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear. Votes: 0

[A ruler is merely] the trustee of the rights of other men and he must always stand in dread of having in some way violated these rights. Votes: 0

5,6. The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger. Votes: 0

I would love to be the African leader that steps down, that overthrows this idea of a Big Man ruler. I don't want to stay in office forever. Votes: 0

(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged it no longer holds. Votes: 0

It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again bow down before a higher god. Votes: 0

When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free. Votes: 0

Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler. Votes: 0

The art of governing is a great metier, requiring the whole man, and it is therefore not well for a ruler to have too strong tendencies for other affairs. Votes: 0

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. Votes: 0

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me with a ruler, I was out of there. Votes: 0

Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using the table to measure the ruler. Votes: 0

Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. Votes: 0

My favorite splurges are cheese pizza with hot peppers, Haagen-Dazs maple-walnut ice cream, Giant brand ice cream sandwiches, and fire sticks - those hot candies the size of a three-inch ruler. Votes: 0

This morning President Obama met with Britain's Prince William in the Oval Office. It was a meeting between a symbolic ruler with no real power and the future king of England. Votes: 0

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it Votes: 0

Put a lot of paint & a wooden ball or other object on a board. Push to the other end of the board. Use this in a painting. - ruler on board. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all. Votes: 0

The compass represents spirituality, no end and no beginning....the ruler represents 'tangible evidence' ... a measurable event... both coming together shall represent a Human Being...the intersection of life and consciousness... Votes: 0

It (Tao) is eternally without desire. So, it can be called small. All things return to it, although it does not make itself their ruler. So, it can be called great. Votes: 0

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you. Votes: 0

The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person with glasses big enough to replace me is Nicole Richie. Votes: 0

A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enemity, however, concealed, will ruerely come to light. Votes: 0

Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus? Athena's answer : What an interesting idea . . . No, just kidding, Dad. Put away the lightning bolt. Votes: 0

Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination is probably not as smart as he ought to be. Votes: 0

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader. Votes: 0

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time Votes: 0

It is because freedom means the renunciation of direct control of individual efforts that a free society can make use of so much more knowledge than the mind of the wisest ruler could comprehend. Votes: 0

Satan is the ruler of humanity (John 14:30). The result is that lost mankind hates and rejects Jesus Christ:... And, since unconverted mankind hates Christ, it also hates those who love Him and follow Him. Votes: 0

In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity. Votes: 0

If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding. Votes: 0

God to me is love. It's the ruler of all things, whether it's with a person or with music or with your TV. I feel like it's this energy. God is energy, love is energy. Votes: 0

What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler. Votes: 0