Sayings about Chains
They are not free who drag their chains behind them. ~ French Proverbs
Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron. ~ English Proverbs
A woman will be twice bound when her chains feel comfortable. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks. ~ Yiddish Proverb
The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off. ~ African-American Proverb
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass. ~ Malawian Proverbs
A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue. ~ Scottish Proverbs
The chained buffalo doesn’t enjoy grazing. ~ Vietnamese Proverbs
It is ill done to chain a dragon for roasting your meat.~ Darkovan Proverb
You cannot tie up a dog with a chain of sausages. ~ Jamaican Proverbs
Only chained bears dance. ~ Russian Proverbs
An old dog can’t get used to chains. ~ Russian Proverb
The wolf is not afraid of the sheepdog, but he is of his chain. ~ Russian Proverb
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. ~ Danish Proverbs
Little thieves have iron chains; big thieves have gold ones. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Who mocks his chains will not be free. ~ German Proverbs
It’s difficult to chain up an old dog. ~ French Proverb
Quotations about Chains
Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society. ~ Jacques Ellul
What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist. It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap. ~ Marcel Duchamp
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. ~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
We forge the chains we wear in life. ~ Charles Dickens
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. ~ William James
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. ~ Winston Churchill
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. ~ Warren Buffett
Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. ~ Franz Kafka
It is easy to ignore responsibility when one is only an intermediate link in a chain of action. ~ Stanley Milgram
The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken. ~ Antonio Porchia
To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man. ~ Marcel Marceau
Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. ~ John F. Kennedy
God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also. ~ Joseph Barber Lightfoot
There’s a direct link between percentage of young people that are educated and how we live our lives. ~ Jeb Bush
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ~ Wendell Phillips
The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future. ~ John Maynard Keynes
All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears. ~ Alfred Douglas
Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. ~ Vine Deloria, Jr.
We should never lose sight of the very close link between individual giving and the formation of philanthropic traditions. ~ Robert L. Payton
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. ~ Simone Signoret
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. ~ Alex Haley
Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data. ~ Marcus Buckingham
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. ~ Ovid
Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then. ~ Philip K. Dick
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. ~ Anthony Robbins
Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains. ~ Karl Marx
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. ~ Leo Tolstoy
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. ~ Konrad Lorenz
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela
Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. ~ Alan Dershowitz
It is often safer to be in chains than to be free. ~ Franz Kafka
Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, leading by reason and a gift of cooperation. ~ Woodrow T. Wilson
It is the link from the present to the past that gives us a spirit to address the future. ~ Midge Costanza
Breaking the Chains from worship to warfare. ~ Book preview
