„Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.“
Source: Paradise Lost
John Milton5
poète, essayiste et pamphlétaire anglais 1608 - 1674Citations similaires
„The meek are a hell of a long way from inheriting the earth.“
— Christopher Vokes Canadian general 1904 - 1985
Tag line, cover illustration of Vokes - My Story
„Lead, follow, or get out of the way.“
— Thomas Paine English and American political activist 1737 - 1809
George S. Patton: "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way", as quoted in Pocket Patriot: Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157
Misattributed
„Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!“
— Richard Watson Gilder editor 1844 - 1909
After-song (1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
„Lead, follow, or get out of the fucking way.“
— Arthur Uther Pendragon British activist 1954
His motto for dealing with authority, as quoted in Sunrise Festival Interview "David Shayler, King Arthur Pendragon and Kev the Poet at Sunrise 2008" by K Penton, on Radio 4a (2008)
— Ryan C. Gordon Computer programmer 1978
Quoted in Michael Larabel, "An Interview with Ryan C. Gordon" http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=203&num=1 Phoronix (2003-09-08)
„To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.“
— Carl Sandburg American writer and editor 1878 - 1967
— Samuel Oton Sidin 21st-century Indonesian Catholic bishop 1954
Source: Priest receives top environmental award https://www.ucanews.com/news/priest-receives-top-environmental-award/52279 (6 June 2012)
— Gerry Rafferty Scottish singer and songwriter 1947 - 2011
Days Gone By.
Song lyrics, Night Owl (1979)
— Andrew Bynum American basketball player 1987
[McMenamin, Dave, Lakers want to end series Tuesday, May 9, 2012, ESPNLosAngeles.com, http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7902623/2012-nba-playoffs-los-angeles-lakers-seek-early-close-series-denver-nuggets, http://www.webcitation.org/67cbXo08T, May 12, 2012]
Bynum in the 2012 NBA Playoffs saying the next game should be easy with the Lakers leading the series 3–1 against the Denver Nuggets and needing one more victory to advance to the next round. The Lakers eventually won 4–3.
„We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.“
— George S. Patton United States Army general 1885 - 1945
As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157
— Donald Rumsfeld U.S. Secretary of Defense 1932
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/10/22/sprj.irq.main/index.html
referring to the ongoing War on Terrorism
2000s
„It'll be your damnation, boy. You'll wear out a hundred pairs of boots on your way to hell.“
— Stephen King, The Dark Tower
Source: The Dark Tower
„The hard core, the outlaw elite, were the Hell's Angels…“
— Hunter S. Thompson American journalist and author 1937 - 2005
1960s, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)
Contexte: The hard core, the outlaw elite, were the Hell's Angels... wearing the winged death's-head on the back of their sleeveless jackets and packing their "mamas" behind them on big "chopped hogs." They rode with a fine unwashed arrogance, secure in their reputation as the rottenest motorcycle gang in the whole history of Christendom.
— Barack Obama 44th President of the United States of America 1961
2013, Cape Town University Address (June 2013)
Contexte: We always have the opportunity to choose our better history. We can always understand that most important decision -- the decision we make when we find our common humanity in one another. That’s always available to us, that choice. [... ] it can be heard in the confident voices of young people like you. It is that spirit, that innate longing for justice and equality, for freedom and solidarity -- that’s the spirit that can light the way forward. It's in you.