#shepherd

Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. ↗

— James Hogg

#land #open #scotland #shepherd #whole

Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#church #crossed #divided #flock #had

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#ancient #back #being #convention #due

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love. ↗

— Lucinda Franks

#adoration #ancient #baby #bethlehem #brilliant

I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there. ↗

— Ted Shackelford

#brought #german #germany #going #i

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers. ↗

— Voltaire

#butchers #governments #need #shepherds

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. ↗

— Stendhal

#his #interests #own #persuade #same

The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd's Bush - the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film 'The Palestinian.' Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#building #bush #cheque #cost #donated