King Quotes
A King takes decisions on behalf of their subjects and people.
Examples of such famous kings who have lived through world history are Cyrus The Great, Ashoka The Great, King Henry VIII of England, and many more.
Here are some quotes about being a king, being as wise as a king quotes and living like a king quotes. If you like these king quotes and king sayings, check out these 7 Kings With Weird Hobbies, Queen Quotes, Royalty Quotes, and King Solomon Quotes.
Popular Kings Quotes
The best ever kings quotes and sayings that will make you feel and think like a Royal
- “A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness’s sake.” ― John Selden
- “The King’s name is a tower of strength—strong, tall, unassailable.” ― William Shakespeare
- ” Kings are like stars, – they rise and set, they have the worship of the world, but no repose.” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley
- “Be royal in your own fashion: act like a king to be treated.” ― Robert Greene
- “My Crown is in my heart, not on my head:
Not deck’d with Diamonds, and Indian stones:
Nor to be seen: my Crown is call’d Content,
A Crown it is, that seldom Kings enjoy.” ― William Shakespeare, King Henry VI
- “There is no royal road; you’ve got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.” – Charles E. Wilson
- “I am on a Royal Mission. I am in the service of the King of kings.” ― Mary Slessor
- “Too many kings can ruin an army.” ― Homer
- The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them like a prince or a princess.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- .”Your king is supposed to explode? What kind of government system is that?” ― Jefferson Smith
- “One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.” ― Sir Thomas More
- “… alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.”― Rae Carson
- “I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!”― Rebecca McKinsey
- “Why be a king, when you can be a god?” ― Eminem
King and Country Quotes
The king is the head of the country and is responsible for its safety. A country, therefore, needs a powerful and kind king to protect it. Check out these king quotes and king sayings about all great kings.
- “The man without a country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.” ― Thomas Starr King
- “In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.” ― Desiderius Erasmus
- “My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man… not to democracy, or blood; it’s to a King & a Kingdom.” ― Derek Webb
- “What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?” – Christopher Marlowe
- .”Don’t forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings.” – Frederick the Great
- .”I have dined with kings; I’ve been offered wings. And I’ve never been too impressed.” – Bob Dylan
- “Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.” – Robert Bolt
- “Pale Death beats equally at the poor man’s gate and at the palaces of kings.”– Horace
- “The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- .”You can’t govern without loving the people and without humility!” ― Pope Francis
- “In war, our elders may give the orders… but it is the young who have to fight.” ― H. White
- “Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker… the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.” ― Pope Francis
Famous Quotes and Sayings By Kings
Here are some famous and wise quotes from both real and fictional Kings
King Louis XIV Quotes
Are you enjoying these king quotes? Ready to see some more? Louis XIV the great is also known as Louis the Great. He was the King of France. Here are some great king quotes from King Louis XIV.
“I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.” ― King Louis XIV
“Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.” ― King Louis XIV
“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” ― King Louis XIV
“You have only to see what became of my father’s will immediately after his death, and the wills of so many other kings. I know it well; but nevertheless, they have wished it; they gave me no rest nor repose, no calm until it was done.” ― King Louis XIV
“Has God forgotten all I have done for Him?” ― King Louis XIV
“As for restitutions, to nobody in particular do I owe any, but as for those I owe to the realm, I hope in the mercy of God.” ― King Louis XIV
“Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.” ― King Louis XIV
King George III Quotes
King George III’s full name was George William Frederick. He was the ruler of Great Britain and Ireland. Here are some more king quotes, including King George’s revolutionary war quotes. Enjoy these king quotes!
“Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what do think you? – What? – Is there, not sad stuff?” ― King George III
“Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.” ― King George III
- “Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.” ― King George III
- “A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.” ― King George III
- “We are determined to listen to nothing from the illegal congress.” ― King George III
- “Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.” ― King George III
King Claudius Quotes
King Claudius is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s famous play ‘Hamlet,’ in which he is a villain. Here are some famous king quotes from Claudius.
- “To do no evil is good, to intend none better.” ― King Claudius, ‘Hamlet’
- “No one is free who does not lord over himself.” ― King Claudius, ‘Hamlet’
- “To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.” ― King Claudius, ‘Hamlet’
- “No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.” ― King Claudius, ‘Hamlet’
- “Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.” ― King Claudius, ‘Hamlet’
King David Quotes
David was the king of ancient Israel and the founder of the Judaean dynasty. He united all the tribes of Israel under a single dynasty. The best quotes by King David are compiled here.
- “Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked.” ― King David
- “A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” ― King David
- “There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.” ― King David
King Duncan Quotes
King Duncan is an imaginary character in ‘Macbeth’. Here are some quotes from the play.
“Ross: God save the king!
Duncan: Whence camest thou, worthy thane?”
William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’.
“Ross: I’ll see it done.
Duncan: What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won.”
William Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’.
Freedom Quotes
Just and loving kings of history allow their subjects and people. Here are the best king quotes about freedom.
- “Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.” – Martin Luther King
- “This is the struggle of every person: be free or be a slave.” – Pope Francis
- “People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” – Søren Kierkegaard
- ” Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – Martin Luther King
- “I like it when someone tells me ‘I don’t agree.’ This is a true collaborator. When they say ‘Oh, how great, how great, how great,’ that’s not useful.” Pope Francis
Wise King Quotes
Achieving unity can actually make us achieve more, as togetherness gives more success. Here are some quotes about unity that will guide many kings.
- “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.” – Henry Ford
- “Unity has never meant uniformity”- Martin Luther King
Impartial Quotes
As a king, you are to pass judgment and deal with everybody with a fair hand and avoid partiality. Here are some justice quotes for kings
- “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.” – Ernesto Che Guevara.
- “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Wiesel
King Quotes About Character
Character is the jewel of a person, and the nature of a person can influence society. Here are some king quotes that tell how us important the character of anyone (including a king) is.
- “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” – Martin Luther King, Jr
- “Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.” – William Arthur Ward
Morality Quotes
- A king lays an example for his people through his own behavior. His moral values and ethical standards make a lot of difference in any country. Here are some king attitude quotes that speak about morality.
- “Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.” – Mark Twain
- “Compassion is the basis of morality.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
- “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne
- “Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he’s sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there’s the trick!” – Mikhail Bulgakov
King Quotations on History
Knowing history is essential to understanding a country’s culture and customs. Here are some quotes about history that every king should take note of.
- “Kings are the slaves of history.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
- “A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.” – Robert Heinlein
- “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” – Aldous Huxley
- “History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” – James Joyce, ‘Ulysses’
- “This light of history is pitiless; it has a strange and divine quality that, luminous as it is, and precisely because it is luminous, often casts a shadow just where we saw a radiance; out of the same man it makes two different phantoms, and the one attacks and punishes the other, the darkness of the despot struggles with the splendor of the captain. Hence a truer measure in the final judgment of the nations. Babylon violated diminishes Alexander; Rome enslaved diminishes Caesar; massacred Jerusalem diminishes Titus. Tyranny follows the tyrant. Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
- “History books say that kings and dukes and generals start wars. Don’t believe it. We start them, you and I. Every time we turn away, keep quiet, stay out of it, behave ourselves.” ― Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
- “Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.” ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
- “There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.” ― Michelle Cooper
King And Queen Relationship Quotes
Most kings are part of a partnership, with their queen. Often, the queen is a pillar of strength to the king. Here are some noteworthy king and queen quotes to celebrate the relationships between kings and queens.
- “I may not be a lion, but I am lion’s cub and I have lion’s heart.” – Queen Elizabeth I
- “You better treat her like your queen if you want to be treated like a king.” – Moosa Rahat
- “I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.” – William Golding
- “In every woman, there is a Queen. Speak to the Queen and the Queen will answer.” – Norwegian proverb
- “A man who treats his women like a princess is proof that he was raised by a queen.” ― Wiz Khalifa
- “All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are.” – Pharrell Williams
- “I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.” – Queen Elizabeth I
- “I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.” – Queen Elizabeth I
- “Those candle flames were like the lives of men. So fragile. So deadly. Left alone, they lit and warmed. Let run rampant, they would destroy the very things they were meant to illuminate. Embryonic bonfires, each bearing a seed of destruction so potent it could tumble cities and dash kings to their knees.” ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
- “To gain everything and lose everything in the space of a moment. That is the fate of all princes destined for the throne.” ― S. Pacat, Kings Rising
- “I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker.” ― R. Ward, Lover at Last
- “The blood you spill is the blood of kings,” seethed Dunyasha. “You are not fit for such a gift.” […] Inej raised a brow and slowly wiped the blood of kings on her trousers” ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
- “Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.” ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
- “There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though…well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do.” ― David Gemmell, Shield of Thunder
- “In the privacy of my dreams, I’m a warrior.” ― Kimberly Derting, The Essence
- “Of course, Nikolai was the liar here. But kings did what they wished; bastards did what they must.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves
- “Several of them were discussing this in low tones as they waited for Halt to arrive – until they realized that he was already among them. They weren’t used to this. Kings were supposed to sweep into a room majestically – not suddenly appear without anyone seeing their arrival.” ― John Flanagan, The Kings of Clonmel
- “It’s like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Shepherd’s Crown
- “For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.” ― Cameron Dokey, The Storyteller’s Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights
- “Pitiful and pitied by no one, why have I come to the ignominy of this detestable old age, who was ruler of two kingdoms, mother of two kings? My guts are torn from me, my family is carried off and removed from me. The young king [crown prince Henry, †1183] and the count of Britanny [prince Geoffrey, †1186] sleep in dust, and their most unhappy mother is compelled to be irremediably tormented by the memory of the dead. Two sons remain to my solace, who today survive to punish me, miserable and condemned. King Richard [the Lionheart] is held in chains [in captivity with Emperor Henry VI of Germany]. His brother, John, depletes his kingdom with iron [the sword] and lays it waste with fire. In all things the Lord has turned cruel to me and attacked me with the harshness of his hand. Truly his wrath battles against me: my sons fight amongst themselves, if it is a fight where where one is restrained in chains, the other, adding sorrow to sorrow, undertakes to usurp the kingdom of the exile by cruel tyranny. Good Jesus, who will grant that you protect me in hell and hide me until your fury passes, until the arrows which are in me cease, by which my whole spirit is sucked out?” ― Eleanor of Aquitaine
- “Kings need not raise their voices to be heard.” ― E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light
- “إن بلادنا في حاجة إلى جرعات قوية من قلة الأدب حيال الملوك حتى تفيق من إغمائها الطويل”. ― Naguib Mahfouz, Sugar Street
- “Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can’t protect themselves?” ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
- “Everybody must be managed. Queens must be managed. Kings must be managed, for men want managing almost as much as women, and that’s saying a good deal.” ― Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree – – Blaise Pascal
- “If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen, they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
- “This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the not-too-remote future, the stout heart of Queen Elizabeth II will cease to beat. At that precise moment, her firstborn son will become head of state, head of the armed forces, and head of the Church of England. In strict constitutional terms, this ought not to matter much. The English monarchy, as has been said, reigns but does not rule. From the aesthetic point of view it will matter a bit, because the prospect of a morose bat-eared and chinless man, prematurely aged, and with the most abysmal taste in royal consorts, is a distinctly lowering one.” ― Christopher Hitchens
- “How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is when compared to them. A very fit consideration, and matter of Reflection, for those Kings and Princes who sacrifice the Lives of so many People, only to flatter their Ambition in being Masters of some pitiful corner of this small Spot.” ― Christiaan Huygens
- “Well, what do they all amount to, these kings and captains and bishops and lawyers and such like? They just leave you in the ditch to bleed to death; and the next thing is, you meet them down there, for all the airs they give themselves.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan
- In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Desiderius Erasmus Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. – Constantin Brancusi
- A lion is called a ‘king of beasts’ obviously for a reason. – Jack Hanna
- He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. John Milton
- I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world. Buddha
- I got different moods. Like, if I’m in a good mood, I listen to ‘Up’ by Thug. If I’m not in a good mood, I’ll listen to ‘King TROUP’ – that’s a real emotional one. – Lil Uzi Vert
- The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot. M. Forster
- I’ve always said, if you treat yourself like a queen, you’ll attract a king.- Pepa
- Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned. Marcus Garvey
- I live by this rule – breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. – Suniel Shetty
- There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. – Helen Keller
- A king without power is an absurdity. – James Monroe
- Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. Sallust I don’t believe in strict diets or starving yourself; eat three meals a day. I believe in eating a good breakfast, a good lunch and a light dinner. Eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a queen, and eat dinner like a pauper. Your ultimate goal is to eat all the basic food groups in those three different meals. – Denise Austin
- Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? – Christopher Marlowe
- I’m a King. Regardless of what I’ve been through and what I’ve done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect. – DMX
- I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived. – Muhammad Ali
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. – Saint Augustine
- I do not love to be printed on every occasion, much less to be dunned and teased by foreigners about mathematical things or to be thought by our own people to be trifling away my time about them when I should be about the king’s business. – Isaac Newton
- I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. – Thomas Babington Macaulay
- The king must die so that the country can live. Maximilien Robespierre I’m Machiavelli’s offspring, I’m the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both. Kendrick Lamar
- I wrote for ‘King of the Hill’ for three seasons. – Wyatt Cenac
- Time is the king of all men, he is their parent and their grave, and gives them what he will and not what they crave. – Pericles
- Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. Horatio Nelson
- World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. – Dalai Lama
- Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king. – Thomas Hardy
- To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it. – Elizabeth I
- When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. It’s really odd, but it’s true. – Blake Lively
- Funny enough, you know who I used to really like in Lion King? It was Scar. – Burna Boy
- I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. – Edward VIII
- If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. – Mencius
- Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Denis Diderot
- He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self-respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. – Orison Swett Marden
- Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure. ― King Solomon
- Authority forgets a dying king. ― Alfred Lord Tennyson
- I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. That’s what this world is about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed. Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that’s from being bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. – Jay-Z
- Number one, cash is king… number two, communicate… number three, buy or bury the competition. – Jack Welch
- Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter, I would have gone nevertheless. – Joan of Arc
- A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven. – Charles R. Swindoll
- I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first. – Thomas More
- In the land of the skunks, he who has half a nose is king. – Chris Farley
- You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal. – Donovan Bailey
- The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery. – Muhammad Iqbal
- The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. – Wallace Stevens
- A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. – Marlene Dietrich
- I am the herald of the Great King. – Francis of Assisi
- Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England. – Thomas Malory
- The king reigns but does not govern. – Louis Adolphe
- Thiers The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep. – Chanakya Ah
- if I were not king, I should lose my temper. Louis XIV The year 1999, seventh month, from Heaven will come a great king of terror: to bring back to life the great King of Angolmois. Before and after Mars to reign by good luck. – Nostradamus
- Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. – George Eliot
- The people who have impacted the world didn’t live long. Martin Luther King. John F. Kennedy. These people who impact the world were not old people, but they lived so effectively that we cannot erase them from history. Myles Munroe
- He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace. – John Mason Brown
- Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen. Mitch Hedberg
- An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes. – P. Lovecraft
- Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero. – Morgan Freeman
- Melody is king, and don’t you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they’re not; they’re just an accompanying factor. If they’re good, you’re really in good shape. Lyrics are written to be rewritten. – Quincy Jones
- I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it. – Simon Sinek
- It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
- William F. Buckley, Jr.
- There’s a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you’re trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it. – Sissy Spacek
- People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don’t want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable. I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness. I’m not against them, but comfort is not my focus. – Christian Louboutin
- Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. – Little Richard
- In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king. – Efren Ramirez
- Martin Luther King, Jr. didn’t carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag. – Adrian Cronauer
- We’re all expendable. We think the world’s going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then… life goes on. – Sylvester Stallone
- I’m going to be the next king of the Earth. – Lil Tjay
- Martin Luther King and Gandhi were not people who failed in self-respect. They were people of hope and great courage, and their courage was disciplined. – Martha Nussbaum
- Martin Luther King can have his own self-titled birthday recognized as a national holiday, but not our country’s first president? – The Ultimate Warrior
- Heard in full sound, the Gospels talk about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king. – T. Wright
- I loved doing the ‘King of Queens’, I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me. – Lou Ferrigno
- It must be terribly lonely to be a king instead of a man. – Oriana Fallaci
- The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him. – Thiruvalluvar
- I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father – and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I’d forget about my other pieces. – Garry Kasparov
- An elephant is the king of the jungle for the simple reason a lion is only brave when there is loads of them. – Dereck Chisora
- The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the Roman legionnaires would sing, calling Julius Caesar ‘queen,’ alluding, in a very transparent way, to his real, or presumed, homosexual escapades. – Umberto Eco
- West Bengal belongs to Bengalis. We should live here like a king and not as servants. – Mithun Chakraborty
- I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp… I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn’t necessarily the blues. – Eric Clapton
- One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King’s legacy. – Hillary Clinton
- Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. – Coretta Scott King
- ‘Tiger King.’ They are absolutely gone with the fairies, they’re all absolutely raving out of the box, the lot of them. All those people with animals like tigers, who’ve got their own zoos in America, and one guy’s got something like 2,000 tigers in his back garden. It’s absolutely mad. – Shaun Ryder
- This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king. – Gouverneur Morris
- We can do little things for God; I turn the cake that is frying on the pan for love of him, and that done, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before him, who has given me grace to work; afterwards I rise happier than a king. – Brother Lawrence
- Were I not a king, I would be a university man. – King James I
- They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it’s upside down. – Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Cardio is king. This is how you make sure you don’t wear out in the fight. – Luke Rockhold
- Thus was the King and the Lord of glory judged by man’s judgment, when manifest in flesh: far be it from any of his ministers to expect better treatment. – George Whitefield
- A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else. – Pierre Corneille
- I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls. – Rumi
- No one’s better than me. I’m not better than anyone. Whether it’s Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real. – Carlos Santana
- That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. – William Blackstone
- Death may be the King of terrors… but Jesus is the King of kings! – Dwight L. Moody
- At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language. – Lafcadio Hearn
- We are one people; we are only family. And when we finally accept these truths, then we will be able to fulfill Dr. King’s dream to build a beloved community, a nation, and a world at peace with itself. – John Lewis
- I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. – Robert Green Ingersoll
- I wasn’t allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. – Denzel Washington
- I sort of found King Diamond in second grade, but I didn’t become a devoted Satanist until a few years later, but that was very much part of my adolescence as well. – Tobias Forge
- Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there’s a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed. – Tom Shadyac
- One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes. – Jack Canfield
- There are, in the King case in particular, some names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous. – Louis Stokes
- All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself. ― Howard Carter
- I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon… but I want to stay alive. ― Madonna Ciccone
- Martin Luther King, with whom I worked very closely, became very distressed when a number of the ministers working for him wanted him to dismiss me from his staff because of my homosexuality. – Bayard Rustin
- The NAACP was not a black-run, black-originated organization. It was run by 21 white, socialist, atheist, Marxist Democrats. It was the antithesis of Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.’s community at that time, which was capitalist, Christian, very pro-life, and pro-America. – Burgess Owens
- I am not like Stephen King, who writes one book, then writes another. I finish a book and go off and… look for wrecks. Then, six months later, I might start another book. – Clive Cussler
- I love the story behind the Vasa Museum: in the 17th century, the Swedish king was trying to make a statement by building a huge ship that would sail around Europe carrying the Swedish flag and proving that we were a force to be reckoned with, and basically, the ship was top-heavy, and so it went 300 or so yards and sank. – Bill Skarsgard
- If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it. – David Horowitz
- After ‘The Wonder Years,’ I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never even knew was possible. But after the character I was playing on ‘The Wonder Years,’ people said, ‘Oh, would you like to do a Burger King thing? And there’s a 7 Up thing…’ And then I got to do ‘Dilbert.’ I think my voice kind of fit for that. – Daniel Stern
- I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level. – Muammar al-Gaddafi
- The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined. – Evelyn Glennie
- I’ve never been a Burger King person. I’m a total McDonald’s person. – Anderson Cooper
- It’s not like I’m the first man ever to do this, y’know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Sammy Davis Jr. Those are people who’ve done music well and movies well, and y’know, Frank Sinatra and Elvis and all these dudes have made the transition. I don’t know about Elvis, ’bout doin’ ’em good, y’know? It’s nothin’ new. – Ice Cube
- If you want to call me a Karaoke King, I’ll take it. – Ian Brown
- With King Abdullah’s leadership and his people’s trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs. – Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud
- Martin Luther King said it was time to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of human civilization. I don’t think anyone is calling Martin Luther King a New Age woo-woo. – Marianne Williamson
- I remember back in the 1960s – late ’50s, really – reading a comic book called ‘Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story.’ Fourteen pages. It sold for 10 cents. And this little book inspired me to attend non-violence workshops, to study about Gandhi, about Thoreau, to study Martin Luther King, Jr., to study civil disobedience. – John Lewis
Live Like a King Quotes
- “I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.” – Pietro Aretino
- One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. – Abraham Maslow
- Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! – Coldplay
- I want to live a full life – period. Regina King
- I want to thank my managers, Jaime King and Marcus King. Let’s live this African American dream. It’s beautiful. I’m glad I’m with you. I aint never leaving you. – Jamie Foxx
- Like a king without his crown, yes, I wanna get down. A king without his crown, yes, you keep fallin’ down. You really want to live but can’t get rid of your frown. Try reach him to the heights and wound down, down, down, down. – Matisyahu
- People Say you only live life once… I say live life the way it was meant to be with Family, Friends, and Laughter. Live life to the fullest! – Nishan Panwar
- Life takes you on many journeys some you may not even remember that’s why you have to always live each day with a positive outlook and look at the bright side of things and live your life the way you want and live it to the limit. – Unknown
- Never live your life too serious, live as much as you can, laugh as loud as you want, dance as crazy as you feel, love with all your heart, and make the greatest memories out of everything. – Unknown
- We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. – Martin Luther King Jr
- Life is a precious thing; you never know when you’re going to lose it. Live life while you can, because you never know which second is going to be your last. Hussein Nishah
- Live not one’s life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last. – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
- I live my life based on two principles. One, I live as if today was my last day on earth. Two, I live today as if I am going to live forever. Osho
- Face your fears; live your passions, be dedicated to your truth. – Billie Jean King
- Live! Don’t just Exist!!! Don’t drag through Life…Live each day as a Celebration. Unknown
- You only have one life to live, Live your life, and do things you love while you still can. – Anurag Prakash Ray
- Like today, like tomorrow. Life goes on and on with you or without you because everyday is just another day, so live it while you can because no one lives forever. – Wazim Shaw
- Life’s not fair, isn’t it? You see, I, on my end, will never be king…and you…shall never see the light of another day…Adieu… -Scar – The Lion King
- Your capacity to live now will endure, those who live life in the moment have no fear. – Jeremy Limn
Conclusion
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