Clergyman Quotes

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

A tear that trembles for a little whileUpon the trembling eyelid, till the worldWavers within its circle like a dream,Holds more of meaning in its narrow orbThan all the distant landscape that it blurs.

The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend; This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.

This is the soldier brave enough to tellThe glory-dazzled world that "war is hell":Lover of peace, he looks beyond the strife,And rides through hell to save his country's life.

What do I owe my father? Everything!

Subjection to fear is weakness, bondage, feverish unrest. To be afraid is to have no soul that we can call our own; it is to be at the beck and call of alien powers, to be chained and driven and tormented; it is to lose the life itself in the anxious care to keep it.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

Hours fly,Flowers die:New days,New ways:Pass by!Love stays.

be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.

If all the skies were sunshine Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling splash of rain. If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence, To break the endless song If life were always merry, Our souls would seek relief, And rest from weary laughter In the quiet arms of grief.

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.

Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, "This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can best be done in the right way."

The worlds in which we live at heart are one, The world "I am," the fruit of "I have done"; And underneath these worlds of flower and fruit, The world "I love,"--the only living root.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome; But when it comes to living, there is no place like home.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Flowers rejoice when night is done, Lift their heads to greet the sun; Sweetest looks and odours raise, In a silent hymn of praise.

Even if we should find another Eden, we would not be fit to enjoy it perfectly nor stay in it forever.

There is no conflict between the Old and the New; the conflict is between the False and the True.

Life is an arrow, therefore you must know What mark to aim at, how to use the bow-- Then draw it to the head and let it go!

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.

Peace without Justice is a low estate,— A coward cringing to an iron Fate! But Peace through Justice is the great ideal,— We'll pay the price of war to make it real.

If all the world were music, Our hearts would often long For one sweet strain of silence. To break the endless song.

You never see the stock called Happiness quoted on the exchange.

We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.

Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: Thine eyes at last look far and clear, thou liftest high thy hand To spread the light of liberty world-wide for every land.

It is better to follow even the shadow of the best, than to remain content with the worst.

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

A river is the most human and companionable of all inanimate things. It has a life, a character, a voice of its own; and it is as full of good fellowship as a sugar maple is of sap. It can talk in various tones, loud or low, and of many subjects grave and gay.... For real company and friendship there is nothing, outside of the animal kingdom, that is comparable to a river.

In warlike pomp, with banners flowing, The regiments of autumn stood: I saw their gold and scarlet glowing From every hillside, every wood.

Time is: Too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear.

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.

Every house where love abidesAnd friendship is a guest,Is surely home, and home sweet homeFor there the heart can rest.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

No amount of energy will take the place of thought.

It is better to desire the things we have than to have the things we desire.

Love is not about getting - but giving.

In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.

Man said, "I am tired of kings! Sons of the robber-chiefs of yore, They make me pay for their lust and their war; I am the puppet, they pull the strings; The blood of my heart is the wine they drink. I will govern myself for awhile I think, And see what that brings!

The strength of your life is measured by the strength of your will.

Count not the cost of honour to the dead!The tribute that a mighty nation paysTo those who loved her well in former daysMeans more than gratitude for glories fled;For every noble man that she hath bred,Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise,Immortalised by art's immortal praise,To lead our sons as he our fathers led.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

The simple life which blandly ignores all care and conflict, soon becomes flabby and invertebrate, sentimental and gelatinous.

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

What is Friendship? Something deep That the heart can spend and keep: Wealth that greatens while we give, Praise that heartens us to live.

Be grateful for the tiny details of your life and make room for unexpected and beautiful blessings.

One truly affectionate soul in a family will evert a sweetening and harmonizing influence upon all its members.

The woods would be quiet if no bird sang but the one that sang best.

For real company and friendship, there is nothing outside the animal kingdom that is comparable to a river.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.