Knees Quotes

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.

There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

A woman is as young as her knees.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.

They all in general had putrid gums, the spots and lassitude, with weakness of their knees.

My knees are ticklish.

It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing.

Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.

Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.

God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes.

At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on.

You should have seen me in my Catholic school girl skirt with my knees knocking together.

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!

But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.

Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.