God Preserve Thy

Famous quotes containing the words god, preserve and/or thy:

    “Strange!—that we should only begin to think of GOD with comfort,—when with joy and comfort we can think of nothing else.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “We know it only too well: if we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.”
    —Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

    “My faith shall wax, when thou art in thy waning.
    The world shall find this miracle in me,
    That fire can burn when all the matter’s spent:
    Then what my faith hath been thyself shalt see,
    And that thou wast unkind thou may’st repent.—
    Thou may’st repent that thou hast scorn’d my tears,
    When Winter snows upon thy sable hairs.”
    —Samuel Daniel (1562–1619)