17 Extremity Quotes for You to Enjoy

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard

Me Man Struggle Woman Giving Birth Extremity Tell Something Could Thus Hour Look Cry His Labor Begins Intended Listen Ends Dying Whether Then Enjoyment Last

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection. Saint Ambrose

Love Art God Alone Me Thoughts Soul Protection Mercy Guard Speed Extremity Thou Thou Art Restrain Take Sin Thy Nevertheless Majesty Heal Because Nor Quickly Lips Did May Refuge Canst Thee Turn Body Many

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar. Matthew Henry

Great Pain Sigh Extremity Only Anguish He Roar His Did

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety. Moliere

Wise Extremity Perfect Leads Sobriety Reason

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often. William Cavendish

Work Time Strength You Ride Weary Half Before Whatever Lesson Extremity Above Take Never He Never Take Come Him Gentle Till His Nor Often Little Means Use

Happy are those few nations that have not waited till the slow succession of human vicissitudes should, from the extremity of evil, produce a transition to good; but by prudent laws have facilitated the progress from one to the other! Cesare Beccaria

Good Happy Progress Evil Slow Few Other Those Extremity Laws Till Waited Prudent Human Nations Transition Produce Should Succession

In the extremity of war, character is revealed. George Packer

War Character Extremity Revealed

Very often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance. Janet Frame

Law Extremity Attention Demands Very Often

Unfortunately, I've seen violence, and I think, in films, it is the dramatic extremity of it. John Hillcoat

Seen Think Films Dramatic Extremity Unfortunately Violence

I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you. Lucy Walker

Life Me You Reality Too Much Face Too Worried Extremity Find About Just The Hardest Thing Crash Crashes Happens Titles Land Much Downer Film Waste Hardest Hardest Thing Thing

I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal. Marc Jacobs

Love Fashion Reality Extremity About Something How Then Moment

We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them. Meriwether Lewis

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful. Thomas Arnold

Life Work Hard Work Morning Age Men Calm Alike Sun Extremity Out Seems Cheerful Labor May Childhood Tranquil Midday Burn Either Place Should Hard Evening Playful

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever. Tokugawa Ieyasu

Heart Assurance Extremity Thou Through Arise Thy Days Forbearance Passed Ambitious Forever Quietness Root Recall Desires

I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it. Tony Ferguson

Great Past Fighting Extremity I Can Would Would-Be Mental Mental Toughness Push Toughness Like Get Just Body Barriers Kenny

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