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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Kites'

4 entries

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Winston Churchill, English Statesman (1874-1965)

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts.

Lawrence Hargrave, Australian Scientist (1850-1915)

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Frank Harris, Irish Author (1856-1931)

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

Lewis Mumford, American Sociologist (1895-1990)

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