#bearing

It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#compass #direction #life #life

They were of many types of seals, all bearing the insignia of the King. ↗

— Howard Carter

#king #many #seals #types #were

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#erudition #foliage #fruit #produce #without

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. ↗

— Jean Paul

#bearing #heavier #load #loved #loved ones

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#been #costs #dinosaur #had #iraq

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction. ↗

— Charles H. Spurgeon

#cross-bearing #mercy #trials #horses

The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#after #applied #arms #bearing #boy

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. ↗

— Lefty Gomez

#ball #bat #bearings #briefly #did

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#apparently #bearing #burden #coming #custody

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#child-bearing #dear #deity #sovereign