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And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
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.
Nordlings. The men before men, creatures of great power and incredible cruelty.
I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.
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.
I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing.
Dogs and wolves and lions, may the Others take them all.
Fox-terriers are born with about four times as much original sin in them as other dogs are, and it will take years and years of patient effort on the part of us Christians to bring about any appreciable reformation in the rowdiness of the fox-terrier nature.
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.
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.
I have German Shepherds that I train and have brought back to Germany. I love going there.
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.
Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.
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
A priest should take to heart the shameful scene of shepards filthy while the sheep are clean.
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.
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.
WE MEET THE SHEEP OF DOOM
Wolves are the witches of the animal world.
Priests ... these turkey-cocks of God.
Why did you make your people lambs, when the world is full of wolves.
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.
If instead you feed the wolf and tame him and turn his pups into your guard dogs, they will protect the flocks when the pack comes ravening.
Hounds follow those who feed them.
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
It's the person who likes to pat dogs to whom dogs come for pats.
Pity those who seek for shepherds, instead of longing for freedom!
Clovensport, half German shepherd, half who-knows-what, was standing on hind legs before them.
Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.
Or wolves." "Dogs, wolves,
steward, bailiff, falconer, houndmaster
The Welsh ... I mean, what are they for?
I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.
If you want to give a message to the world, let it be simple, as simple as the life of a shepherd!
Sheep and goats and cows
gather 'round a manger bed
to awe at a babe.
Shame on the shepherd who runs and hides when wolves are coming to harm his flock.
some evil old ruffian of a Dog-stealer
real shepherd to repent of his folly; and before he had gone very far he met with a horse boy and a driver
I am the guardian, the shepherd of sins
No shepherd and one herd! Everybody wants the same, everybody is the same: whoever feels different goes voluntarily into a madhouse.
What is a saint supposed to do, if not convert wolves?
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.
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.
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.
Afrikander cattle.
The better angels of our nature
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.
A sheep that walks amongst wolves is called dinner - rjs
fractious, four-legged children of Satan,
Live with wolves and sleep with sheep
If sheep elect wolves to be their shepherds, then they deserve to be eaten.
Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.
The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands.
who says dog means dog?
those dogs, the unwanted ones that have been mistreated all their lives. You can kick them and kick them, but they'll still come back to you, cringing and wagging their tails. Begging. Hoping
One can often recognize herd animals by their tendency to carry bibles.
Do all you can to defeat selfish shepherding in your own heart. We
She walks
the lady of my delight
A sheperdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; She guards them from the steep. She feeds them on the fragrant height, And folds them in for sleep.
A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.
Jesus Christ saves the lost sheep.
Dogs wait for us faithfully.
Woe to any sheep that hunts with wolves - rjs
chooks. You cannot go away and leave
Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
poachers and Methodies, of course. Oh,
The most striking features of the correctly bred German Shepherds are firmness of nerves, attentiveness, unshockability, tractability, watchfulness, reliability and incorruptibility together with courage, fighting tenacity and hardness.
All the dogs I have are German shepherds from Germany, and I fly them back to Germany to show them.
Jesus Christ, shepherd of Judea.
I like Yorkshire terriers. They're good to wash your car with. They fit right in the bucket.
I love the lambs, not the sheep.
Service dogs raise their masters' sense of well-being.
dogs and angels are not
very far apart
What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.
I love me a good sheep.
the group, the herd, which is any collection of children
My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.
If you are doing whatever a shepherd is ordering you to do, then you are a real sheep, a poor submissive being!
The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm, perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door, is an emblem of the state of man.
The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.
Cats. Furry little sociopaths that we invite into our homes.
Only my dogs will not betray me.
Simple Shepherd Mortuary
I have learned that a man who counts himself a shepherd is not worthy to be a member of a flock.
I seem to have gathered up a stray lamb in my arms: you wandered out of the fold to seek your shepherd, did you, Jane?
I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
How do you suppose they know the sheep are virgins?
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
Altogether too many sheep
When those who have the title of shepherd play the part of wolves," said Lothar of Saxony, "heresy grows in the garden of the Church.
Consider the contrast between the well-bred,
Oppressors specialise in rasing wolves from amonst the sheep then together with the wolves devour the sheep
Stallions obey mares.
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.
They serve God well, who serve his creatures.
When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten.
Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!
Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.
History needs shepherds, not butchers.
Do exactly the opposite of what the sheep are doing in order to become the Shepherd.