Welcome to Shepherd Quotes, a curated collection of insightful and inspirational quotes centered around the timeless figure of the shepherd. Throughout history, shepherds have symbolized resilience, leadership, and caretaking. From ancient mythologies to modern literature, the shepherd’s role transcends mere pastoral duties; it embodies a profound connection to nature, community, and the human spirit.
In the pages ahead, you’ll discover a tapestry of quotes that celebrate the wisdom and symbolism associated with shepherds. Whether drawn from religious texts, literary works, or cultural anecdotes, these quotes offer poignant reflections on guidance, stewardship, and the inherent beauty of a simple yet profound way of life. Join us as we delve into the rich tapestry of shepherd wisdom and glean insights that resonate across generations.
Now, without further ado, journey with us through the rolling hills of wisdom as we explore the timeless words of shepherds and those inspired by their enduring legacy. Discover quotes that inspire, provoke thought, and evoke a sense of pastoral tranquility. Let these words accompany you on your own journey, whether you choose to reflect upon them quietly or share them with others.
A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart – better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog? James Hogg
The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep. Laurence J. Peter
I will continue my work to shepherd in this important societal change… In addition to working on AI myself, I will also explore new ways to support all of you in the global AI community so that we can all work together to bring this AI-powered society to fruition. Andrew Ng
We weren’t wealthy but we definitely weren’t poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd’s Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime. Roger Daltrey
If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they’d be off TV. They’re not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we’d know who she was? Adam Carolla
The first pages of any book I remember reading, in Pinner Wood primary school, were from The Beacon Readers: stories of Farmer Giles, Rover the Dog, Old Lob the shepherd and Mrs Cuddy the Cow. I was very fond of Mrs Cuddy. Michael Rosen
The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being. Martin Heidegger
All dogs can become aggressive, but the difference between an aggressive Chihuahua and an aggressive pit bull is that the pit bull can do more damage. That’s why it’s important to make sure you are a hundred percent ready for the responsibility if you own a ‘power’ breed, like a pit bull, German shepherd, or Rottweiler. Cesar Millan
There are quite enough sheep already – be a shepherd: be somebody who’s bold and who leads. Matt Bevin
I’m not much of a chef, so people keep buying me cookery books to broaden my culinary horizons, but I’ve not got far past shepherd’s pie yet. Guy Martin
The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan. Paul Watson
You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don’t give them up. Don’t cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours – long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them. Orson F. Whitney
Once, while shooting in Pune, I decided to experiment and ordered an item named Shepherd’s Pie. I thoroughly relished it, only to be later informed that what I had was beef. I couldn’t sleep that night! My only consolation was that the cow was English, not Indian! Rohini Hattangadi
I felt that The Who had ended because we’d lost touch with our original Shepherd’s Bush audience. Pete Townshend
Too many leaders act as if the sheep… their people… are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep. Ken Blanchard
Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence. Paul Watson
I have two dogs, a springer spaniel and a German shepherd. One of them’s name is Nolan Arenado. Buster Posey
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief. James Bovard
There were a couple years when I never went on a date. I would stay at home watching TV with my German shepherd, and when people asked what I was doing, I would make up something. So, yeah, I was lonely. Jason Collins
You have to pace yourself. As a producer, you start with a concept and shepherd it through the script to the delivery of the film. It’s a very long journey for an hour and 40 minutes of movie. Peter Billingsley
Sea Shepherd is to terrorism what Groucho was to Marxism. Paul Watson
Mom cooked a lot of turkey when I was growing up. Turkey meatloaf, turkey burgers, ground turkey shepherd’s pie – my childhood was the Bubba Gump of turkey. You’d think I would be sick of it, but when I find gems like Gwyneth Paltrow’s turkey meatball recipe, it’s as though the fowl is no longer foul to me. Meghan Markle
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. Tiberius
They say travel enables you to encounter your opposite. If this is true, I think I may have met mine in a shepherd’s hut in Transylvania. Michael Portillo
I love Sherri Shepherd as Lula. Janet Evanovich
It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew. Paul Watson
The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I’m gay. Troy Perry
Harris has ably fulfilled the role Biden chose her to perform. She was an instrumental partner in helping to shepherd the first Black woman onto the Supreme Court. Jonathan Capehart
The first time I went to Chicago was on a family road trip. We had our dog with us, and when we hit Chicago, I couldn’t believe how many people kept coming up to us, telling us how handsome our dog was! He’s a Rottweiler-Australian Shepherd mix, and he is a good-looking dog, but obviously Chicago is very dog-friendly. Hong Chau
Since Charles Dolan founded Cablevision in 1973, the Dolan family has been honored to help shepherd our customers and employees through the most extraordinary communications revolution in modern history. James L. Dolan
In an early version of the story, I thought Aang could shepherd a herd of twenty bison. Bryan Konietzko
I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I’m living the parts of my life not related to that I feel I have the right to be left alone. Ashley Judd
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. Northrop Frye
May God forgive us for the times when we as individuals and as a Church failed to seek out and care for those little ones who were frightened, alone and in pain because someone was abusing them. That we did not always respond to your cries with the concern of the Good Shepherd is a matter of deep shame. Sean Brady
I think I’ve had a lot of experience with watching other people shepherd my ideas with the ‘Saw’ films. They made four ‘Saw’ movies without me. I never really had a protective or fierce policy towards that. I let it go. Leigh Whannell
Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being. Martin Heidegger
There will always be people who will first wait for somebody’s comment and then attack them. I’ll say they are just cowards. They have no opinions of their own. It’s very easy to be a sheep; it’s not easy to be a shepherd. One should not give a damn about these trolls. One should not give them importance at all. Soni Razdan
When traveling, I like Urth Caffe in L.A. for eggs Benedict with prosciutto or Balthazar in New York, where I order duck shepherd’s pie. Poppy Delevingne
A spiritual relationship to me is much more about making your own connection to the divinity that you believe in and much less about the person – the shepherd – who’s overseeing it all. Lynn Whitfield
‘Killer Joe’ provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust. Tracy Letts
Christ’s flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to recognize his voice, to follow him, faithfully and with full awareness, on the pastures of eternal life. Pope John XXIII
Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf. Earl Derr Biggers
Casseroles don’t have to be about canned ingredients and vegetables you normally wouldn’t even think of eating alone, much less stuck in between layers of sauce and breadcrumbs. They can vary from everyone’s favorite all-time casserole, macaroni and cheese, to the ultimate English casserole, Shepherd’s Pie. Marcus Samuelsson
I have a big scar in my thigh from a dog bite by my German shepherd. His name was Ripper. He was trying to get in a fight with another dog, and I tried to break it up, and he got me pretty good. Alex Rodriguez
A Jack Russell terrier? My god. He’ll burn you up. They never stop. A German shepherd, you can only go so many miles. George Foreman
Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock. Anna Howard Shaw
One of my favorite dishes, absolutely from my childhood, was something my grandmother made, on my mother’s side. It was a shepherd’s pie, and I really adored that. Dean Cain
I don’t want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you’re given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it’s completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life. Ze Frank
I was brought up in a very rural area on grounds of a castle. It was a working farm, and I even remember the local shepherd wearing his Barbour jacket. Sam Heughan
Being a pastor means you’re a truth teller. That means you’re truth teller when it comes to the Bible. That means you protect your people from deception that comes from the world. That’s part of being a shepherd. John MacArthur
Without the shepherd’s dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence. James Hogg
I’ve lived in Shepherd’s Bush for five years with my friend Georgia in a cosy, cluttered flat. Cressida Bonas
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty. Abraham Lincoln
I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way. St. Jerome
Spotting a rare bird is never worth the bite of a cur. Once bitten by a German shepherd, I knew that I preferred cats, even if they are bird-killers. Life is long enough for more than one chance at a rare bird. James D. Watson
I think there’s something antagonistic about bedroom pop. We’re reappropriating pop and saying you don’t have to be an ex-Disney star to make pop music. You can be from Shepherd’s Bush and have spent most of your life listening to the Smiths and still make a pop record. Shura
I’ve actually eaten in The Ivy in London. I love their shepherd’s pie. Barry Keoghan
To copy Nature? A boy with a camera can do that. To get the spirit of Nature? A woodman or a shepherd can follow the trail of the whistling wind to hoarded sunshine in distant wolds. But to interpret Nature and inform it with a human personality that rises above it, invokes the divine in it, is the work of genius. Ameen Rihani
Driver Shepherd and I had been detailed to drive Lt. Budden in the Wireless Truck. We had been standing by vehicles for an hour, and nothing had happened, but it happened frequently. Spike Milligan
I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation. Paul Watson
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. Jakob Bohme
I remember ‘The Shepherd’s Dog’ record being not necessarily a political record, but a reaction to socio-political situations in America. And it didn’t manifest itself as protest or propaganda songs, but there’s a lot of surreal imagery that was born out of really me being surprised Bush got re-elected in ’04. Samuel Ervin Beam
My dad showed me a football and would throw it up and have my dog – a German Shepherd – chase me around when I went after the ball. I caught it because I was scared of that dog. The next year, my dad talked to the commissioner of a local league and convinced him to let me play as a first grader with third graders. Austin Seferian-Jenkins
I’m a shepherd, not a sheep, and I’ve always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower. Dustin Diamond
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character. John Ortberg
I loved working with Cybill Shepherd. We had a good time together; we enjoyed being girlfriends. It was a real comfortable fit for us. I loved putting on a suit and tie. Jane Lynch
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy. Paul Watson
I’m very lucky because I can say to my wife, ‘Is there any chance we can have shepherd’s pie or this or that tonight,’ and she does it very well – especially as I don’t always want to cook! Gino D’Acampo
As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it. Paul Watson
Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities. Paul Watson
When we are fearful and worried all the time, we are living as if we don’t believe that we have a strong and able Shepherd who is tenderhearted toward us, who only leads us to good places, who protects us and lovingly watches over us. Joseph Prince
Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player’s uniform. It’s the brain’s natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks. Jacqueline Leo
In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to not approach within 500 yards of the whaling vessels. Paul Watson
When taxes go up, tithing goes down. When the government assumes the role of the shepherd, the power of churches is diminished. It’s another way to attack religion and for the state to eradicate it from society. Dana Loesch
I like to make bombueti, which is basically the South African national dish. It’s basically a South African curry shepherd’s pie kind of thing. St. Lucia
In one day, I got mistaken for three different actresses: Wendy Williams, Sherri Shepherd, and Star Jones. Niecy Nash
The highest pay cheque my mother ever received funded the building of a nursery school in Shepherd’s Bush – the school cost well over three times the money she donated to the making of the film ‘The Palestinian.’ Unsurprisingly this always goes unmentioned in the press. Joely Richardson
I’ll never forget when we played Shepherd’s Bush in London. We played ‘I Run To You’, and we put the mic out for the last chorus, and you could hear them singing the chorus with the beautiful accent that they have. Hillary Scott
Yes, I would say I had quite a rough time from 1992 to 1996. After the highs of the Eighties, work became slow from around 1987 to around 1997. I was running a small recording studio in Shepherd’s Bush but wasn’t making a great deal from it. Limahl
Back in 2000, I had come to a crossroads in my life, unsure about what career path I should pursue. Shepherd, bouncer, philosopher king, ventriloquist or perhaps man on the flying trapeze. Fortunately, I was guided back onto the path of the magical world of music. Dennis DeYoung
When I was in my mid-twenties, I was a copy editor at Doubleday, and for a brief period, it was my job to help shepherd Pat Conroy’s ‘Beach Music’ into the world. Chris Pavone
Border collies were trained in Scotland. They have the Scots’ commands in their genes. At the dog trials, the owners wear those three-piece western suits, cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats, but they carry Scots shepherd’s crooks over their arms and talk to their dogs in Scots accents. Donald McCaig
The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Every now and then, a sheep leaps one of these hurdles or pushes his way between them and runs away into forbidden pastures. Then the Good Shepherd goes after the erring sheep and brings it back. Sabine Baring-Gould
I went to see my first gig when I was 15 – it was Loyle Carner at Shepherd’s Bush – and I remember just feeling the bass in my feet and in my body. I was so energised. Arlo Parks
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. Winston Churchill
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. Stendhal