Husbandman Quotes

#1. To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.

Abraham Cowley

#2. The husbandman deals with land; physicians and trainers with the body; the wise man with his own Mind.

Epictetus

#3. Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#4. All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.

Martin Luther

#5. One who rules assumes irrevocable responsibility for the ruled. You are a husbandman. This demands, at times, a selfless act of love which may only be amusing to those you rule.

Frank Herbert

#6. Sapiens adjuvabit opus astrorum quemadmodum agricola terrae naturam": A wise man assisteth the work of the stars as the husbandman helpeth the nature of the soil.

Henry David Thoreau

#7. Cornut knew that that was what the immortals wanted. They had kept their herd of contended, helpless, shortlived cattle long enough. The herd had prospered until it competed with its unseen owners for food and space. Like any good husbandman, the immortals had decided to thin the herd out.

Frederik Pohl

#8. What man of sense will agree with the statement that the first, second and third days, in which the evening and morning were named, were without sun, moon and stars? What man is found such an idiot as to suppose that God planted trees in Paradise, in Eden, Like a Husbandman?

Origen

#9. The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians and scholars grow gray in commemorating it.

Henry David Thoreau

#10. Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.

Samuel Rutherford

#11. I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares.

George Washington

#12. The good Husbandman may pluck His rose & gather in His lily.

Samuel Rutherford

#13. O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop.

Samuel Rutherford

#14. The whole point of being in love with someone is to make sure their life is the best life it can be. It's not about being selfish. It's not about how great that person makes you life, It's about making their life wonderful.

Cherie M. Hudson

#15. On the way home, I stopped at the market and stocked

Sue Grafton

#16. A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.

Brendan Iribe

#17. Towards the end, one of them was older than I was in real life.

Max Irons

#18. It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

John Hawkes

#19. I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

Scottie Thompson

#20. Remember that, for better or for worse, you are in control of your physical self and surroundings

Kelly Williams Brown

#21. What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls.

Condoleezza Rice

#22. There are many Israelis who live abroad and love the country.

Beny Steinmetz