Saint John Spur

Famous quotes containing the words saint, john and/or spur:

    “And Satan trembles when he sees
    The weakest saint upon his knees.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “All real freedom springs from necessity, for it can be gained only through the exercise of the individual will, and that will can be roused to energetic action only by the force of necessity acting upon it from the outside to spur it to effort.”
    —Anna C. Brackett (1836–1911)