#upon

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet. ↗

— Charles Bradlaugh

#christians #crawl #feet #follow #i

The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. ↗

— William M. Evarts

#first #knees #ones #own #pious

More than 54,000 jobs in the region are dependent upon the Port of Philadelphia alone. ↗

— Robert Brady

#dependent #jobs #more #philadelphia #port

The curse of Adam and Eve that fell upon the earth because of their sin will be lifted when Christ returns. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#because #christ #curse #earth #eve

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. ↗

— David Brainerd

#endeavour #first #life #practise #resolve

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. ↗

— David Brainerd

#always #design #faithfully #glorify #god

The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but a stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich. ↗

— Stephen J. Field

#assault #become #beginning #capital #contests

But, sir, they have written me down upon the history of the country as worthy of expulsion, and in no unkindness I must tell them that for all future time my self-respect requires that I shall pass them as strangers. ↗

— Preston Brooks

#down #expulsion #future #history #i

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people. ↗

— Nigel Farage

#bring #citizen #down #greek #i

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. ↗

— George Farquhar

#always #drank #eat #fed #i