“It is the god who accomplishes all things.”
XIX. 90 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
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Θεὸς διὰ πάντα τελευτᾷ.
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Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the OdysseyRelated quotes
As quoted in The Ring of Truth (2004) by Joseph O'Day
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
This is not a quote by Kerouac. It's a quote by CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt who used to present a TV news segment called 'On the Road' (which is probably how the confusion arose). This particular statement by Kuralt was made in May 1996 to students of Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19960527&id=yf8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yQcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=3106,5606314
Misattributed
“The best things in history are accomplished by people who get “tired of being shoved around.””
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 12
Sec. 47
The Antichrist (1888)
“God put me on earth to accomplish certain things. Right now, I’m so far behind, I’ll never die.”
http://www.kipmckean.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Revolution_through_Restoration_1_2_3.pdf, Ending to Revoultion Through Restoration 1, 1992.
Revolution Through Restoration (1992-2002)
XIII. How things eternal are said to be made.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Context: Those who believe in the destruction of the world, either deny the existence of the Gods, or, while admitting it, deny God's power.
Therefore he who makes all things by his own power makes all things subsist together with himself. And since his power is the greatest power he must needs be the maker not only of men and animals, but of Gods, men, and spirits. And the further removed the first God is from our nature, the more powers there must be between us and him. For all things that are very far apart have many intermediate points between them.
To Alvin C. York, on his extraordinary capture of over a hundred enemy troops behind enemy lines, as quoted in the Preface of Sergeant York And His People (1922) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19117 by Sam K. Cowan
