Cyrus the Great
King
"Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel."
Knees quotes
Knees
327 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Willie Nelson
Musician, Actor
"God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees."
Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees."
Aeschylus
Playwright
"Better to die on your feet than live on your knees."
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"A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child."
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"Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray."
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"The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative."
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"If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly."
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"We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees."
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"If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem."
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"Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way."
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"With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor."
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"Live loath'd and long, Most smiling, smooth, detested parasites, Courteous destroyers, affable wolves, meek bears, You fools of fortune, trencher friends, time flies Cap and knee slaves, vapors, and minute jacks."
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"I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees."
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"Handel, to him I bow the knee."
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"Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful."
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"She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups."
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"To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking him."
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"A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again."
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"One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again."
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"A man never got a woman back... not by begging on his knees."
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"The punt returner got smacked like Nancy Kerrigan's knee on souvenir pipe night."
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"I don't really like knees."
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"No nation is ever taller than when on its knees."
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