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  • The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it. -- Vince Lombardi
  • We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees -- Harry Belafonte
  • When a Man has Married a WifeHe finds out whetherHer Knees & elbows are onlyglued together. -- William Blake
  • Fall on Your Knees' is really a story about secrets and family, and the idea that there are some stories or truths that need to be expressed. -- Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie Fall on Your Knees, they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers. -- Ann-Marie MacDonald
  • I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees. -- Reverend Malcolm Boyd
  • Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. -- Aeschylus
  • When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired. -- Eric Dickerson
  • Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees. -- Charles Bent
  • Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray. -- Bear Bryant
  • Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees. -- Dolores Ibarruri
  • Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. -- Michael Douglas
  • Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice. -- Sonny Liston
  • Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos? -- Jose Clemente Orozco
  • Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. -- Euripides
  • It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. -- Emiliano Zapata
  • When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray. -- Rumi
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  • You may get skinned knees and elbows, but it's worth it if you score a spectacular goal. -- Mia Hamm
  • Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career. -- Placido Domingo
  • I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening. -- Marian McPartland
  • With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor. -- Cathy Freeman
  • I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent. -- Marie Windsor
  • The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. -- William M. Evarts
  • I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden. -- Nick Cave
  • I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country. -- George Weah
  • I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must. -- Maria Callas
  • Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles. -- Benedict Cumberbatch
  • I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet. -- Charles Bradlaugh
  • The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul. -- Rona Barrett
  • The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference. -- Ralph Nader
  • The Rolling Stones set the bar to where I look to as a band. But I don't envision myself touring in the way they do. My knees won't hold out. -- Jon Bon Jovi
  • 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. -- Dominic Chianese
  • For me, it's a great opportunity on a public platform to get on your knees and humble myself and thank the Lord for all the blessings he's put in my life. -- Tim Tebow
  • Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease. -- R. Buckminster Fuller
  • I don't like my thighs, the back of my legs or my chubby knees. I wear clothes that show off my legs in pictures and videos but not often when I'm appearing live. -- Nicole Scherzinger
  • 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. -- William Petersen
  • When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray? -- Ethel Barrymore
  • I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. -- Abraham Lincoln
  • The Tory party is like a rugby union match in which all 30 players are wearing the same strip. They're not sure who they are grabbing round the knees, but they're having a lot of fun doing it. -- Simon Hoggart
  • 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. -- Lucinda Franks
  • My mother's death brought me to my knees. She was my hero, my role model, my very best friend. I spoke to her every single day of my life. I really tried hard when I grew up to make her proud of me. -- Maria Shriver
  • 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. -- Daniel Radcliffe
  • In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic. -- Gerry Adams
  • If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people. -- William Petersen
  • 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. -- George H. W. Bush
  • I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it. -- Helen Mirren
  • Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. -- Samuel Ullman
  • Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I enter my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity, and the ritual of a Sunday trail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings. -- Don Kardong
  • I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds. -- Tom Hanks
  • I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter, that alone is good. Forget aging and the fact that my butt is becoming a little more familiar with my knees than my tailbone. If you are six feet above ground it's a good day. So, give me more! -- Faith Hill
  • I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. -- Kobe Bryant
  • You can go into neighborhoods in the United States where people dress a certain way because they don't want to be out of touch, where boys wear pants down to their knees, which nobody has compelled them to do but they pick up the cultural norms, or where girls are improperly dressed by my eyes, but that's what they see in the media. -- Hillary Clinton
  • Pray on bow knees, -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • I don't really like knees. -- Yves Saint Laurent
  • I pray with my knees bow. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • Courage is fear on its knees. -- Beverly Lewis
  • My knees have always been ugly. -- Germaine Greer
  • I'll play until my knees fall off. -- Sue Bird
  • Wisdom sits with children round her knees. -- William Wordsworth
  • A man is powerful on his knees. -- Corrie Ten Boom
  • A woman is as young as her knees. -- Mary Quant
  • Falling in love is painful on the knees. -- Jon Bon Jovi
  • Remember, Christ's scholars must study upon their knees. -- Charles Spurgeon
  • Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial. -- Ross Perot
  • I bow my knees and pray to God. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • My knees buckled. It's the last thing I expected -- Sally Hawkins
  • Constant criticism can wear one down and weaken knees. -- Marvin J. Ashton
  • Solid, lasting missionary work is done on our knees. -- James O. Fraser
  • She's so pure, Moses couldn't even part her knees. -- Joan Rivers
  • Get your dirty stinking moron knees off my chest. -- J. D. Salinger
  • Submission to God is praying with your knees bow. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • That saint who advances on his knees never retreats... -- Jim Elliot
  • My knees could have been stirred with a spoon. -- Margaret Halsey
  • Religion is in the heart, not in the knees. -- Douglas William Jerrold
  • I'd rather die standing than live on my knees. -- Shania Twain
  • Up off your knees now and shatter the average. -- Buck 65
  • Begin each new day with your knees bow in prayer. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
  • I guess we're all one phone call from our knees -- Mat Kearney
  • She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups. -- Khaled Hosseini
  • What? Don't British women know how to use their knees? -- Shannon Hale
  • Better to die standing, than to live on your knees. -- Che Guevara
  • It's better to die than to live on your knees. -- Dolores Ibarruri
  • If you're looking for Jesus Then get on your knees -- Jared Leto
  • Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees. -- Eric Clapton
  • No nation is ever taller than when on its knees... -- Billy Graham
  • I'm on my knees begging, please come and save me. -- Tupac Shakur
  • Your thighs are appletrees. Your knees are a southern breeze. -- William Carlos Williams
  • The side's all right, but my bloody knees are killing me! -- Dai Dower
  • Love is powerful. It can bring the gods to their knees. -- Rick Riordan
  • Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. -- William Cowper
  • I'm glad I brought this course, this monster, to its knees. -- Ben Hogan
  • Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone. -- Mary Schmich
  • It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees. -- Fulton J. Sheen
  • Planes are my foxhole. I'm always on my knees in them. -- Patricia Hampl
  • Fall on your knees and we'll let you live! A bit. -- Nathan Hawke
  • Loving a man truly and really brings me to my knees. -- Taylor Dane
  • Never be too proud to go onto your knees before God. -- Richard M. Nixon
  • On our knees we are the most powerful force on earth -- Billy Graham
  • If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion -- Frank Ocean
  • I guess getting down on your knees runs in the family -- Val Venis
  • I prefer to die standing than to live on my knees, -- Charb
  • Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer -- Saint Augustine
  • It's disappointing to have lost - that's the bee's knees of it... -- Tim Henman
  • Squats don't hurt your knees; what you are doing hurts your knees. -- Dan John
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  • Sometimes facing opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe. -- Laurie Beth Jones
  • I hate you, Richard Wagner . . . but I hate you on my knees. -- Leonard Bernstein
  • Fight all your battles on your knees and you win every time. -- Charles Stanley
  • When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray. -- Madonna Ciccone
  • The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you? -- Lupe Fiasco
  • Hate brings me to my knees, love gets me on my feet. -- Andre Agassi
  • My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget. -- E. J. Holub
  • I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying. -- Magic Johnson
  • The only cure for anxiety is to get down on our knees. -- R. C. Sproul
  • Better to be a jerk that knees than a knee that jerks. -- William Safire
  • I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees. -- Euripides
  • Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray. -- Bear Bryant
  • Down on my knees / I peel back the layers of the world. -- Leza Lowitz
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