Clergyman Quotes

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

He is great enough that is his own master.

And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Perfection is the child of time.

War - hard apprenticeship of freedom.

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

To look forward and not back, To look out and not in, and To lend a hand.

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

In the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.

Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.

More than 15 percent of the jobs in Ohio are tied in some way to agriculture. A strong agriculture means a strong economy.

In today's economy, it's more common to need two incomes to raise a family.

I like big, secure companies. I know what they do for a living. When I see their names on my monthly statement I know how they make their money.

David wasn't thinking of being king when he was tending sheep; he was just doing what God sat before him.