Giants Quotes

“Some say they stand on the shoulders of giants. True. But have they ever tried walking like one?”

“Remember that when you think you are seeing giants, they may not be giants at all; perhaps it is you who is the dwarf.”

“Don't be afraid to bite on a giant, learn from the mosquito”

“Allegorical stories of saints battling with giants, monsters and demons may be interpreted as symbolizing the Christian's fight against paganism. At Bwlch Rhiwfelen (Denbigh) St Collen fought and killed a cannibal giantess, afterwards washing away the blood-stains in a well later known as Ffynnon Gollen. In Ireland, the tales of saints slaying giant serpents may have the same meaning; alternatively they (or some of them) may refer to early sightings of genuine water monsters. St Barry banished a serpent from a mountain into Lough Lagan (Roscommon), and a holy well sprang up where the saint's knee touched the ground.”

“it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds”

“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.”

“Focus on giants - you stumble.Focus on God - Giants tumble.”

“Leaders don’t step on toes of dwarfs. They mount shoulders of giants.”

“It was not the privileged and the fortunate who took in the Jews in France. It was the marginal and damaged, which should remind us that there are real limits to what evil and misfortune can accomplish. If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening. If you bomb a city, you leave behind death and destruction. But you create a community of remote misses. If you take away a mother or a father, you cause suffering and despair. But one time in ten, out of that despair rises as indomitable force. You see the giant and the shepherd in the Valley of Elah and your eye is drawn to the man with sword and shield and the glittering armor. But so much of what is beautiful and valuable in the world comes from the shepherd, who has more strength and purpose than we ever imagine.”