Boots quotes
250 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"You want to do something for the Lord...do it. Whatever you feel needs to be done, even though youre shaking in your boots, youre scared to death -- take the first step forward. The grace comes with that one step and you get the grace as you step. Being afraid is not a problem; its doing nothing when you feel afraid."
"I’m not attached to anything. I’m attached to what it feels it's my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on."
"A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on."
"A little lie can travel half way 'round the world while Truth is still lacing up her boots."
"Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes."
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"When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis."
"My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud."
"History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below."
"I am not contain'd between my hat and boots."
"Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don't mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. The new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open."
"I'm like 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot."
"I don't take myself seriously any more. Sometimes I just garden in my knickers and platform shoes."
"I'm a farmer with a mandolin and a high tenor voice."
"I'm 5'11, so when I wear heels, it's definitely a really good view that I have. I'm, like, 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot."
"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."
"I have 137 pairs of shoes and 200 pairs of jeans."
"Routine is a ground to stand on, a wall to retreat to; we cannot draw on our boots without bracing ourselves against it."
"I was quaking in my boots."
"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on."
"There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots."
"Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? / Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect?"
"Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots"
"Pull your boots up by the bootstrap and know that everything is temporary. All good moments are temporary and all bad moments are temporary. Nothing lasts forever."
"Hope, politeness, the blowing of a nose, the squeak of a boot, all produce "boum."
"Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!"
