What is a throne? A chair; ornamented but a poisonous chair!
And how high is Christ's cross? As high as the highest heaven, and the throne of God, and the bosom of the Father that bosom out of which forever proceed all created things. Ay, as high as the highest heaven! for if you will receive it when Christ hung upon the cross, heaven came down on earth, and earth ascended into heaven.
I would rather be a preacher in a pulpit than a prince on a throne
There are many, many angels, more than there are human beings. They stand before the throne of God and praise Him. At the same time, they are among us, with us. Angels are real. And they are here.
Every chair should be a throne and hold a king.
Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.
For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
Such was the end of Philip (II, king of Macedonia). . . He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes (Greeks), while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.
The Muse is mute when public men Applaud a modern throne.
Power's footstool is opinion and his throne the human heart.
A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.
But I'm alone on my throne All these riches
Every apathetic individual is a brick in a tyrant's throne.
If it's your wish, I will follow you everywhere even if your throne crumbles, and your shiny crown turns to rust. Even if the bodies pile up endlessly, above the bottomless pile of corpses. Beside you as you lie softly down I will be until I hear the word "Check mate!"- Sebastian
If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.
Their woes gone by, and both to heaven upflown, To bow for gratitude before Jove's throne.
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air beat upward to god's throne in loud access of shrieking and reproach
The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.
Prayer means that we have come boldly into the throne room and we are standing in God's presence.
It's not," Mormont told him. "Gods save us, boy, you're not blind and you're not stupid. When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?