(128 quotes found)
“And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.”
Bible
“That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.”
Christopher Marlowe
“Fearless minds climb soonest into crowns.”
William Shakespeare
“A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns.”
John Milton
“For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? / The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.”
“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter, the rain may enter -- but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!”
William Pitt the elder
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.”
“An illiterate king is a crowned ass”
English Proverb
“We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divine love, studded with gems of sacrifice and adoration, or a thorny crown, filled with the cruel briars of unbelief, or selfishness, and sin . . .”
Aimee Semple McPherson
“The Stanford Mansion is certainly the jewel of Sacramento, ... and we're adding it to the crown jewels of the state's parks system, along with Hearst Castle, Big Basin, the Humboldt redwoods and Point Lobo.”
Ruth Coleman
