"We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself."
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"Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting."
"To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet."
"I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!"
"Virtue cannot dwell with slaves, nor reign O'er those who cower to take a tyrant's yoke."
"For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill."
"Every reign must submit to a greater reign."
"Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign."
"I often yearn to regress into a state that's slightly more atavistic than my decades of conditioning generally allow, but it's difficult to let go of those reigns."
"The Lord is our God, our judge, and our king, and He shall reign over us."
"Fond of those hives where folly reigns, And cards and scandal are the chains, Where the pert virgin slights a name, And scorns to redden into shame."
"Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign."
"She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles."
"Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign o terror in the shadow of the guillotine."
"War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law."
"The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart."
"God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign."
"Fortune reigns in gifts of the world."
"Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must."
"Honor's thought Reigns solely in the breast of every man."