Goliath Quotes

“Do you love him?"
Deryn swallowed, then pointed at the screen. "He makes me feel like that. Like flying.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“I'm a girl."
When Deryn opened her eyes, the lady boffin was staring at her with no change of expression.
"Indeed," she said.
Deryn's mouth feel open. "You mean you...Did you barking know?"
"I had no idea at all. But I make it a policy never to appear surprised." Dr. Barlow sighed, staring out the window. "Though on this occasion, it is proving rather more demanding than usual. A girl, you say? And you're quite certain?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“Oh, this beast? It's...perspicacious loris. 'Perspicacious' meaning 'wise or canny'."
"Get stuffed," Bovril said, then giggled.
"And it insults people," Telsa said. "How peculiar.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“Emperors are vain and useless things.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?"

"Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“What if destiny doesn't care?”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!"

"As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Goliath

“Until pains are endured, depressions surmounted, mockeries ignored and goliaths conquered, destiny might not be achieved”
― Ikechukwu Izuakor

“Smallness is subversive, because smallness can creep into smaller places and wreak transformation at the most vulnerable, cellular level. In a time when largeness is threatening to topple us, I wish to remember and praise the beauty of smallness, in order to banish the Goliath of loneliness.”
― Sarah Ruhl, 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater

“The American soldiers were brave, but courage is not enough. David did not kill Goliath just because he was brave. He looked up at Goliath and realized that if he fought Goliath’s way with a sword, Goliath would kill him. But if he picked up a rock and put it in his sling, he could hit Goliath in the head and knock Goliath down and kill him. David used his mind when he fought Goliath. So did we Vietnamese when we had to fight the Americans.”
― Vo Nguyen Giap

“And here in America rival newspapermen attack each other on sight?”
― Scott Westerfeld

“Tell this to ladies: how a hero man
Assail a thick and scandalous giant
Who casts true shadow in the sun,
And die, but play no truant.

This is more horrible: that the darling egg
Of the chosen people hatch a creature
Of noblest mind and powerful leg
Who cannot fathom nor perform his nature.”
― John Crowe Ransom, The Complete Poems Of John Crowe Ransom

“Understand that Goliath is not just a giant. He's also your platform.”
― Andrena Sawyer

“Tangling with the Goliath Corporation generally left you in one of two places: inside a wooden box with a grieving family outside, or inside a wooden box under six foot of soil with family wondering where you were. The former was if they didn't hold a grudge.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Woman Who Died a Lot

“It would be infinitely more prudent to be a single “David” standing with God, than a million “Goliath’s” standing without Him.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Our confidence is not in what we have, but He who freely gave us what we have. If God's will is in your little stones, they will surely bring down giant Goliaths... but you have to make the throw!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“Ubatizo ni toba iletayo ondoleo la dhambi. Mwangushe Goliati wa uzinzi katika maisha yako kwa kumtumia Yesu Kristo, ambaye ni Daudi wa mapandikizi yote ya dhambi katika maisha yetu.”
― Enock Maregesi

“Some Goliath shows up every day. And despite the fact that I ran out of stones a long time ago, I keep using the sling. And as I do, amazingly enough the Goliath’s keep falling, for God is the God of giants, absent stones, and empty slings.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes David kills Goliath, and people never forget. But there were a lot of little guys Goliath had already mashed into the ground. Nobody sang songs about those fights…”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow

“Goliath symbolizes the vanity and the illusions of this world. They disappear in a puff”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Daudi alimshinda Goliati akiwa na umri wa miaka 15. Lakini akiwa na umri wa miaka 45 Goliati alimshinda Daudi.”
― Enock Maregesi

“Faith in God is believing that the size of the giant never dictates the size of the stone. It’s just being willing to use it.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Given the giants in my life, I’ve discovered that I need the wisdom to know when to sling a stone and when not to sling one. For sometimes not to sling a stone is the most deadly stone of all.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Life will always send us our own Goliaths. They may not come armored, but they’ll come dressed as obstacles, setbacks, betrayals, and heartbreak.

Life’s giants will tower over us with intimidation, convincing us that we are too small, too weak, too unprepared.

Do not quit. Do not run away.

The very giants that stand in your way may be the stepping stones to your destiny. What looks like opposition is often preparation. We are strengthened by the struggle.

Goliath wasn’t sent to destroy David… Goliath was sent to reveal him. Without this giant, David would have remained a shepherd boy… but because of the battle, he became a King.

These Goliaths of life are not punishments… They are promotions in disguise. They are the challenges that awaken our courage, the trials that sharpen our skills, and the battles that reveal who we really are.

Mindset matters… Stop telling God how big your problems are… and start telling your problems how big God is. You are designed for greatness.

Don’t cower or run from the giants in your life… Face them! Don’t let them stop you in your tracks. See them for what they are… A divine invitation to rise… An opportunity to step into the greatness that has been waiting inside you all along.”
― Steve Maraboli