Oliver Cromwell
General
1599-04-25
Quotes by Oliver Cromwell
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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God made them as stubble to our swords.
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A few honest men are better than numbers.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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Do not trust to the cheering, for those very persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.
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Trust in God and keep your powder dry.
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Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
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Some people have food, but no appetite; others have an appetite, but no food. I have both. The Lord be praised.
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