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Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.
Sheep are not the docile, pleasant creatures of the pastoral idyll. Any countryman will tell you that. They are sly, occasionally vicious, pathologically stupid. The lenient shepherd may find his flock unruly, definant. I cannot afford to be lenient.
The work of feeding and tending sheep is hard work, arduous work, and love for the sheep alone will not do it; you must have a consuming love for the Great Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Men were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up in a field.
Respect the sheep.
Dogs and wolves and lions, may the Others take them all.
Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good shepherd's dog, but is far from being the Good Shepherd.
Stallions obey mares.
Whatever poets may write, or fools believe, of rural innocence and truth, and of the perfidy of courts, this is most undoubtedly true,
that shepherds and ministers are both men; their natures and passions the same, the modes of them only different.
poachers and Methodies, of course. Oh,
Wolves are the witches of the animal world.
They are a family of cows - so humble and honest.
The joy of the shepherds was not that they were the ones who had heard the angels and seen such a great thing, but that a new light was given to the world, that God had visited his people again.
How do you suppose they know the sheep are virgins?
WE MEET THE SHEEP OF DOOM
They serve God well, who serve his creatures.
If you want to give a message to the world, let it be simple, as simple as the life of a shepherd!
A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.
The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye.
grandmothers. Elephants
The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands.
The Lord is my shepherd. But if we are sheep why in heaven's name should we trust our shepherd? He's going to guard us from the wolves all right, oh yes, but only so that he can sell us later to the butcher.
Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds
A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.
How wonderful it is being a sheep in the flock of God. Our shepherd is the one that created the grass that we need for pasture, He is the one that created the rivers and the waters, He is the one who holds everything in His hand and He is my Shepherd.
The best-laid plans of women and wolves...
They can herd you only because you can't herd yourselves. Forget the flock. Forget the dogs. Herd yourselves (p. 223).
Melmouth, of the George Flock in Three Bags Full
Women are one and all a set of vultures.
Caine:
Sheep. So long as they had a shepherd to ward off the wolves, they were happy. Spineless, indifferent, weak, stupid: it was hard not to have complete contempt for them.
I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.
If sheep elect wolves to be their shepherds, then they deserve to be eaten.
Woe to any sheep that hunts with wolves - rjs
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
Cows are the Devil's handmaidens.
real shepherd to repent of his folly; and before he had gone very far he met with a horse boy and a driver
One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles.
Oh, my gods.
There were furies in the Covenant.
My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and remind me that I am foolish.
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.
Bad herdsmen waste the flocks which thou hast left behind.
The better angels of our nature
I am the guardian, the shepherd of sins
The Lord IS my shepherd. Not was, not may be, nor will be ... is my shepherd on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in January, is in December, and every month of the year, is at home, and is in China; is in peace, and is in war; in abundance, and in penury.
Live with wolves and sleep with sheep
14I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Pastors are over-extended taking care of a few hundred sheep in their church
They want us to be shepherds to these kids. But no one wants to talk about the fact that many of them are raised by wolves." I
You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.
The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.
Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom!
The bible says that a good shepard, even if he has one hundred sheep, if he loses but one of them in the wilderness, he must leave the other ninety-nine behind to go looking for that one.
This group is known as the watchers. And to be a watcher is a woman's fortune.
He said that last bit as though it was the greatest honor girls like us could ever attain. My thoughts turned grim. It was once considered an honor to be a sacrificial lamb, too.
A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way
Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.
Jesus Christ, shepherd of Judea.
These wolves are more than wolves, Robb. You must know that. I think perhaps the gods sent them to us. Your father's gods, the old gods of the north. Five wolf pups, Robb, five for five Stark children.
Weasels
and stoats
and foxes
and so on. They're all right in a way
I'm very good friends with them
pass the time of day when we meet, and all that
but they break out sometimes, there's no denying it, and then
well, you can't really trust them, and that's the fact.
The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.
We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
Or wolves." "Dogs, wolves,
They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head.
Sphinxes without secrets.
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.
Clovensport, half German shepherd, half who-knows-what, was standing on hind legs before them.
They soared past the dark shapes of animals, grazing in the fields.
"What are they?" she asked.
"Sheep," Mason replied. "I once heard someone describe them as floating like clouds across the hills.
Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves.
They travel through the night on the wings of heavenly stallions bringing hope and new faith to those left behind. Even though they are free, they never forget their past and spend their lives trying to bring peace to others. (Brotherhood Chanson)
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
Yama servants known as Shravan and Shravani.
chooks. You cannot go away and leave
Fetishes ... they're the pet you feed or the beast that eats you. We'll feed your beast until it's tamed.
Good Shepherd, You have a wild and crazy sheep in love with thorns and brambles. But please don't get tired of looking for me! I know You won't. For You have found me. All I have to do is stay found.
My role is the shepherd's role. The shepherd is the one who opens the gate and allows the flock to go through and whoever opens the gate has to close it, and the gate is not yet closed.
The sheep learn to know the shepherd's voice in the ordinary days of life so that in a time of crisis it can be immediately recognized.
And God, the herdsman, goads them on behind.
Shame on the shepherd who runs and hides when wolves are coming to harm his flock.
The vulture Nekhbet, who'd one possessed my gran (long story); the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story); and the lion goddess Sekhmet, whom we'd once vanished in hot sauce ( don't even ask) - page 9
They did attack our herds: you could have seen a woman pull a calf to pieces as it bellowed alive in her bare hands!
nest and prompt their children to follow them. The chicks were reluctant at first but then
Simple Shepherd Mortuary
Dogs are just wolves in sheep's clothing.
Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.
Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep,
Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep.
Goats are fierce, independent, at the beck of no man. Everyone, even the king, respects the goat.
Altogether too many sheep
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, for they will feed you delicious morsels that they may later feast upon your tender flesh.
Oppressors specialise in rasing wolves from amonst the sheep then together with the wolves devour the sheep
I sheep's idea of bravery : To become a wolf's pet.
Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call shepherds?)
I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.
What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity as to modern times; of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.
A sheep that walks amongst wolves is called dinner - rjs
Welfarists are concerned with the quality of the animals' lives before or even during their slaughter and want animals to be treated, and slaughtered, "humanely." Welfarists don't necessarily feel that it is wrong for humans to use animals for our own purposes.
Jesus Christ saves the lost sheep.
Anne is quite the animal lover," Fang said to me as we followed Angel. "Horses, sheep, goats. Chickens. Pigs." "Yeah," I said. "I wonder who's for dinner?
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Why be an ostrich?
Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure.
They are Nietzsche's over-men, these primitive Albanians - something between kings and tigers.
Being full of mischief, they love to listen;
they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,
pretending to be sent from Heaven,
and lisping like angels, while they lie.