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1697 Clergyman Quotes

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Gains Itself Lean Learns
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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Capture Groundwork Heart Lessons
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Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
Darkness Each Light Like
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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Guides Manners Morals Others
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For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.
Acquire Enemies Every Hundred
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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God Tempers Lamb Wind
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An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Able Actor Create Hand
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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Eyes Get Keep Life
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People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.

Care Enjoy Health Hoard
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Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

Conversation Different I Think May
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Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

Add Brass Current Gold
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I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

Adds Am Every Every Time
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The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

Accomplished Acquaintance Books Brag
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People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.

Always Care Enjoy Enough
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When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

Advantage Bargain Discontented Excellent
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A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.

Along Articles Brings Dwarf
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When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.

Before Flies Heart Judgment
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But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen, it governs me, I govern not it.

Ask Govern Governs Here
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Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
Learned May Rote Sciences
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Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

Holes More Occasions Other
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There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

Absurd Argument Been Christian
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Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Certainly Duties Easy Most
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An English man does not travel to see English men.
Does English Man Men
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So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Death Devil Get Joy
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Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

Add Alas Contentment Grandeur
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

Companion Lay Lays Many
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.

Candle Certain Day Either
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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

Alone Any Asked Cottage
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In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them.

Actions Appearance Case Compliment
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What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!

Another Button Cause Life
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Did you know that what you say about yourself has greater impact on you than anything anybody else says about you?

About Impact Greater Else
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You can locate the answer to any problem in the world in God’s wisdom bank (The Bible). No matter the problem you may be facing, the solution is there!

Solution Facing Matter World
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As long as God is involved in your situation, victory is guaranteed!

Victory Involved Long Situation
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God has given you the ability to take back what the devil has stolen. You are stronger than the strongman rising up against you!

Against Rising Stolen Ability
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You need to constantly remind yourself that you're destined for greatness.
Destined Remind Need Yourself
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Nobody has the power to stop what you have been blessed with. When God says 'It is done!', it really is done. Believe and claim what is yours.

Claim Believe Done Power
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You cannot know God unless you are at peace. Even angels can only work in your life when you are at peace. This is the reason why, every time they appeared to a person in the Bible to deliver a message, they first said, 'Peace be still.'

Peace First Deliver Person
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You have the joy of the Lord within you, not only to REFRESH your life, but to refresh those around you!

Around Refresh Life Joy
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You need to get to a level where you understand that your victorious end has already been established. When you understand this, you will not go through life upset because of a disappointment, frustrated because a dream hasn't come to pass, or bitter because of a loss. You will keep your joy!

Keep Joy Loss Bitter
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God knows the end of every matter from its beginning. Nothing that you're going through, therefore, comes as a surprise to Him. He has already ensured that though weapons may be formed and forged against you- you remain on the winning side.

Remain Winning Already Side
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We were not created to just get on by with average, ordinary or mediocre lives. God created us to make lasting marks in this generation. He designed us to be extraordinary. Indeed, every person has seeds of greatness embedded within them, and by watering those seeds with the word of God, they can sprout forth and flourish.

Flourish Forth Seeds Average
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Never worry yourself when people neglect you. God is your ultimate source. He has promised to supply all your needs through His riches in glory by Christ Jesus!

Glory Riches Supply Source
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Your true value is not determined by how much you started life with, but by how you are able to reposition yourself in life.

True value Life Determined Reposition
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Turn to Lord and cast your cares and burdens unto Him. Let go of your sinful habits, for He is ever ready to forgive and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. He is the God of a second chance.

Lord Cares Burden Unto him
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A true disciple of Jesus is not possessed by their possessions.

Disciple Jesus Possessed Possessions
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God doesn’t have a special class of people He speaks to. He can speak to you if you are willing to come before Him in prayer by faith. Don’t make any man your intermediary between you and God.

God Prayer He speak Faith
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As you step into a new day, I pray that you will not miss what God has in store for you. May His hand of favor be upon you and make your day a huge success!

New day Pray God Success
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The hopes, dreams and aspirations of our nation and continent rests on you! God has equipped you with special abilities that can enable you scale over any mountain. Although our problems are numerous, I still believe there is hope for Africa!

Hopes Dreams Aspirations Our nations
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Never stop dreaming big. Never stop challenging the status quo. You have what it takes to do great things. Discipline yourself and develop a new African mindset. A mindset that doesn't feel inferior and is never afraid to confront, tackle and overcome challenges.

Dreaming Never stop Great things Discipline
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Engage yourself in things that will profit you. Read books that will empower you. Watch and listen to materials that will inspire you and not things that will break your confidence.

Profit you Yourself Read book Inspire you
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