Quotes about Protection
And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All these I place By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness!
— Madeleine L'Engle
In this fateful hour, it was herself she placed between us and the powers of darkness.
— Madeleine L'Engle
A wise bird does not lend even the smallest of its feathers to a hunter.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.
— JC Ryle
I am in God's charge. My God is working out my life for me.
— Andrew Murray
Come and let us flee to Jesus, and hide ourselves in Him until we be clothed upon with His humility.
— Andrew Murray
As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth you.
— Andrew Murray
ABOUT (ABO'UT) prep.[abutan, or abuton, Sax. which seems to signify encircling on the outside.]1. Round, surrounding, encircling. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart.BibleProverbs,iii. 3.
— Samuel Johnson
None of us wants to see the truth of what is right in front of us, do they? But for our protection, we must not sugar-coat the truth. We must have the courage to see people for what they are.
— Sandra Byrd
All little lambs need a shepherd.
— Sandra Byrd
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.
— John Adams
It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.
— John Adams