Clergyman Quotes

The state of my poor boy's health prevents me from leaving home for a night.
The thing which grieves and oppresses my heart with respect to poor Scotland, is the hardness of heart manifest in the levity and cruelty with which they speak of others.
A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.
An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.
At the bottom of not a little of the bravery that appears in the world, there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they have not the courage to face public opinion.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Fashion is the science of appearances, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.
Neutral men are the devil's allies.
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.
Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle.
Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.
The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
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