Secretly Quotes

There seemed to be some heavenly support beneath his shoulder blades that lifted his feet from the ground in ecstatic suspension, as if he secretly enjoyed the ability to fly but was walking as a compromise to convention. - Zelda Fitzgerald

There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good. - Benjamin Franklin

There are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t. - William Trogdon

There are some new requirements, but I don't think that the gist of the old law has changed. They don't want quorums meeting (secretly), and we'll make sure that that doesn't happen. - Pat Thomas

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? / But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. - Bible

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? / So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. - Bible

Then he turned aside to their gods secretly and said: What! do you not eat? / What is the matter with you that you do not speak? / Then he turned against them secretly, smiting them with the right hand. - Quran

Then he turned aside to his family secretly and brought a fat (roasted) calf, / So he brought it near them. He said: What! will you not eat? / So he conceived in his mind a fear on account of them. They said: Fear not. And they gave him the good news of a boy possessing knowledge. - Quran

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green. - Thomas Carlyle