K. Webster Quotes

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.

That realm is never long in quiet, where the ruler is a soldier.

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.

Were there no heaven nor hell I should be honest.

The misery of us, that are born great, We are forced to woo because none dare woo us.

I am Duchess of Malfi still.

All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.

Imyself haveheard averygood jest, and havescornedto seem to have so sillya wit as to understand it.

The Bible was America's basic textbook in all fields.

Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.

Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.

Might his last glance behold the glorious ensign of the Republic still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in all their original lustre.

Ability is active power, or power to perform.

If you do not pay for a service, you are the product they sell. So it ever has been.

If you can engage the influencer’s passions, and work with them to craft a compelling logical appeal, then you can leverage the credibility of the influencer to actually sway hearts and minds.

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lustLike diamonds we are cut with our own dust

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

Seek out your superiors and learn from them. Do not hide nor shy away from them for the sake of your pride for true pride is perceived, not in perceived skill, but in improvement.

Sometimes an angel is found in the dark.

What a strange creature is a laughing fool, As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.

Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice.

Princes give rewards with their own hands, But death or punishment by the hands of other.

This is your heart. Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key.

Ben is the kind of guy that reaches into your heart and possesses it.

I shall listen to my heart and it shall save me. I shall listen to my heart and I’ll be free.

By embracing our brokenness, we don’t come to Christ's feet occasionally, but we stay at His feet continuously.

O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.

The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young.

Take it for words. O woman’s poor revenge, Which dwells but in the tongue!

Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.

Nothing about these times makes any sense. Nothing. Putting it to words only makes it sound too simple.

I do know the difference between right and wrong, but I just like the way wrong feels. It's an impulse, an urge more intense than anything else.

As in this world there are degrees of evils, So in this world there are degrees of devils.

Lo, each subculture has its own language, and verily I am not a parody. You don’t believe me? Get with the program, crackpot!

As a man I’d been a cool customer. As a woman I was a hot tamale.

Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lustLike diamonds, we are cut with our own dust

Every storm has a beginning, every storm has a perfect moment of bliss and every storm has a destructive end.

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character.

Weird: of strange or extraordinary character

You must remember that you cannot form your character in a moment, my dear. Character is a plant of slow growth and the seeds must be planted early.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may

In that case, which would be the lesser of two evils—terror cabin with a psycho or beach estate with a weirdo?

I don't believe it pays to be a great author.

This new book is going to get itself finished— and published! You see if it doesn't.

I'll love you until I'm ashes in the dirt beneath the Earth. Then, I'll love you even more.

She was worshiping under the blue sky, to the jubilant chanting of the birds.

Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage(From LONE WOLF, p.50)

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.

O me, this place is hell.