Quotes about Iron
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
- Revelation 12:5
Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us—so He made it as frail as fine china.
- Lynn Austin
Could the word 'iron' be the root from which 'irony' is derived?
- Victor Hugo
As, blind and deaf, the whale plunged forward, as if by sheer power of speed to rid himself of the iron leech that had fastened to him; as we thus tore a white gash in the sea
- Herman Melville
Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear? This Iron Crown of Lombardy. Yet it is bright with many a gem; I, the wearer, see not its far flashings; but darkly feel that I wear that, that dazzling confounds. 'Tis Iron - that I know - not gold.
- Herman Melville
Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.
- Dolly Parton
Joseph had an anchor. Not a piece of iron but a deepseated, stabilizing belief in God's sovereignty.
- Max Lucado
Jesus will rule planet earth with a rod of iron, and of His kingdom there shall be no end (Isaiah 9:7; Luke 1:33).
- John Hagee
Those who are backslidden are much more hardened in their sin than they were before. They are like iron which being once heated and cooled again becomes much harder than before.
- Jonathan Edwards
Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom, To shape and use.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed.
- Brian Tracy
Iron in the water shall floatAs easy as a wooden boat.
- Anonymous