Top 49 Quotes About David And Goliath: Famous Quotes & Sayings About David And Goliath

#1. David and Goliath is a book about what happens when ordinary people confront giants.

#2. It's gone on my whole life, this David and Goliath syndrome that a lot of these smaller guys always have. They think the only reason I've ever had any success in my career is because of my physical size. And you know what? If that's the case, so be it. I really don't care. Because I have that size.

Kevin Nash

#3. In Afghanistan this week, outnumbered Northern Alliance rebels on horseback defeated Taliban forces armed with tanks. Experts say the victory is just like the story of David and Goliath and David's friend, the Stealth Bomber.

Tina Fey

#4. That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.

Malcolm Gladwell

#5. I thought it was a classic David and Goliath story, and I was fully onboard Team WikiLeaks. I was very pro the leaks, barring the redaction issue. But I see WikiLeaks as a publisher.

Alex Gibney

#6. This is how David felt after Goliath was on his back like a bitch.

Brian Krans

#7. David overcame Goliath. Job withstood loss. Faith will carry you through the day. Just believe.

Derrick L. Randall

#8. Goliath was a champion, a monster who had never been beaten, and then this young guy, David, came forward, a child who believed in God and did it.

Tyson Fury

#9. Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Wilt Chamberlain

#10. The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.

Zoe Lister-Jones

#11. Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation

John Helm

#12. It matters not that giants of tribulation torment you. Your prayerful access to help is just as real as when David battled his Goliath. see 1 Samuel 17.

Russell M. Nelson

#13. When temptation comes your way, name that boastful, deceitful giant "Goliath!" and do with it as David did to the Philistine of Gath.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#14. I know the Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider can't fly because if it could, it would have a different name entirely. We would call it "sir" because it would be the dominant species on the planet. None of us would leave the house unless a Goliath Fucking Bird-Eating Spider said it was okay

David Wong

#15. What has been happening more lately - of course, I also put in my bio, I say I do the voice of Goliath, but some people go - you know, I say something, and it's a funny thing when you work in this business, people will talk out loud in front of you like you're not there.

Keith David

#16. The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don't know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.

Michael Lewis

#17. David slayed Goliath with a single stone.
You crippled my heart with a single lie.
This is the enormity of small things.

Key Ballah

#18. Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders ... The Goliath of totalitarianism will be brought down by the David of the microchip.

Ronald Reagan

#19. It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.

Phil Knight

#20. David - the man after God's own heart - was a man of war and a mighty man of valour. When all Israel were on the run, David faced Goliath - alone ... with God - and he but a stripling, and well scolded, too, by his brother for having come to see the battle.

Charles Studd

#21. Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He is so big. We can never kill him." David looked at the same giant and thought, "He is so big. I can't miss."

Russell Johnston

#22. The Jewish people, ever since David slew Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership.

John F. Kennedy

#23. Always remember ... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

Ralph Jordan

#24. It's disturbing to people that the small David can disturb the big Goliath.

Beny Steinmetz

#25. Our confidence is not in what we have, but He who freely gave us what we have. If God's will is in your little stones, they will surely bring down giant Goliaths ... but you have to make the throw!

Israelmore Ayivor

#26. I love an underdog. No, I don't necessarily mean the cartoon. I mean like David, as in Goliath, or the Bears, as in The Bad News Bears.

Nancy Lublin

#27. How could he have been so stupid, so blind? David pictured after Goliath could be no one but the biblical David, a special individual. He was not content to portray one man; he was seeking universal man, Everyman, all of whom,from the beginning of time,
had faced a decision to strike for freedom

Irving Stone

#28. When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?

Harvey Weinstein

#29. Out of the lions' den for Daniel, the prison for Peter, the whale's belly for Jonah, Goliath's shadow for David the storm for the disciples, disease for the lepers, doubt for Thomas, the grave for Lazarus, and the shackles for Paul. God gets us through stuff.

Max Lucado

#30. I grow fond of David, who lays a single stone before Goliath and a single book, the Psalms, in the mouth of the world.

Erri De Luca

#31. Up against Goliath, to bring butter home.
I'm David on pavement, sling another stone.

Ka

#32. Don't be discouraged at seemingly overwhelming odds in your desire to live and to help others live God's commandments. At times it may seem like David trying to fight Goliath. But remember, David did win.

David B. Haight

#33. Commitment in relationship, has today resurrected into an experienced Goliath, in a land where David is already dead and buried. Show me anyone who may be willing to face the new experienced Goliath?

Francis Otieno

#34. The Bible just said 'Thou shalt not kill', then told hundreds of stories of people killing each other and becoming heroes, like David with Goliath.

John Marsden

#35. Michelangelo didn't show David triumphant, the way every other sculptor did. He showed David before he fought Goliath - when David believed he was doomed and went into battle anyway.

James Patterson

#36. My attitude was and still is like that of David, who was ashamed that the armies of Israel would tremble before Goliath. Without hesitation he stepped forward with complete confidence in the God who had proven Himself to be faithful (1 Sam 17). For David, the size of the giant was irrelevant.

Dave Hunt

#37. Remember to remember: sometimes your adversary is your biggest asset. Where would David be without Goliath? Jesus without Judas?

Brandi L. Bates

#38. Comeback stories are popular because there is truth in them. It is a morality tale. The good guy has to win. The underdog has to defeat the big bad wolf. David beat Goliath did he not? The bad guy has to lose. That is how it works.

Kambiz Mostofizadeh

#39. It's a great time for independent media because technology reduces the entry barrier. It makes it a phenomenal time for media in general. It's David versus Goliath, and David is always a little smarter, more nimble, more fast.

Sasa Vucinic

#40. The one place that David is equal to Goliath is in the Supreme Court.

Joe Biden

#41. Goliath's mother, who said to Goliath, Stop running around with David! You're always coming home stoned! Never got a dinner!

Red Buttons

#42. Inside each of us is a David and a Goliath.

Robert Kiyosaki

#43. I took my Power in my Hand
And went against the World
'Twas not so much as David
had
But I
was twice as bold
I aimed by Pebble
but Myself Was all the one that fell
Was it Goliath
was too large
Or was myself
too small?

Emily Dickinson