“The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and yo...” — Mary Antin Quote

The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.

The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.

We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.

I find that the work I do as an actor that's most challenging commands an athleticism or, certainly, a physicality. And also a rigor, a physical rigor.

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Young people are not immune to following God's commands concerning discipline.

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life. It is not to endure storms, but to choose the right while they rage.

All of us wish for a dignity that commands respect. But few have it.