Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.
Duke Ellington

Now when I came to go up to operations, I went down to this patient's room and got down on my knees at the foot of the bed and earnestly asked the Lord to help us and to help me.
John Harvey Kellogg

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
Austin O'Malley

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.
Paul Weyrich

Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter.
Marie Windsor

Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!
Omar Torrijos Herrera

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.
Douglas William Jerrold

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
William Cowper

Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.
Placido Domingo

Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband.
Patricia Heaton

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
James Larkin

The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!
Jennifer Aniston

The great are only great because we are on our knees. Let us rise!
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.
Lyndon B. Johnson

The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
Ralph Nader

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

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
Vince Lombardi

The violence betwen women is unbelievable. Women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.
Tori Amos

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
Victor Hugo

There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard.
John Astin