4350 quotes by clergymen for you to enjoy

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential. John C. Maxwell

Work Myself Natural Leader First Changing Neither Must Easy Remain Longest Always Nor Essential Credible Hardest

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning. John Henry Newman

Life Fear Beginning Rather Shall Never Thy Come End

Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue. John Henry Newman

Selfish Reward Will Own Virtue Pleasure Religious Only Never Highest Because Cultivate Sake Truest Gain Brings

Growth is the only evidence of life. John Henry Newman

Life Evidence Only Growth

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. John Henry Newman

Doubt Difficulties Thousand Ten Make

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. John Piper

God Satisfied Most Him Glorified Us

Blind people don't decide to see. Jesus says, 'See!' and they see. John Piper

People Says See Blind Decide Jesus

I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God. John Wesley

Hope God Peace Joy Fear Will Pure Seen Changed Despair Spirit Horror Over Sinful Till Doing As Far As Them Far Persons Then Moment Many Reigning Desire Desires

I cannot think that when God sent us into the world, he had irreversibly decreed that we should be perpetually miserable in it. If our taking up the Cross imply our bidding adieu to all joy and satisfaction, how is it reconcilable with what Solomon expressly affirms of religion, that 'her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace?' John Wesley

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As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart. John Wesley

Service God Soul Heart Better Degree Master Single Glorious Reputation Our Though Eye Purchase Purity Clean Exchange Advancing Fair Instrument Loss Than Full Lowest

Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve. Jonathan Sacks

Time People World Too Much Doctors Year Live Too Starve Others Hunger Obesity Eating Through Spread Still Malnutrition Close Die Children Happening While Much Warning Billion Each Population Each Year Million Britain

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. Joseph Roux

Friendship Man Peace Losing Language Father Wife Lost Every Immense Silent Name Call Him Known His Impotence Friend Person Holds Unhappiness Who Orphan Here

A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. Lawrence G. Lovasik

Honesty Humility Complex Superiority Only Cured Person Sarcastic

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. Luis Palau

God Never Had He Begin Any Disillusioned Us Illusions

A woman of faith is blessed by faithful men in her life who hold the priesthood of God and honor this privilege: her father, bishop, husband, brothers, sons. They value her and the divine gifts given by God to His daughter. They sustain and encourage, and they understand the great mission of her life as a woman. They love her; they bless her. Margaret D. Nadauld

Life Love God Faith Great Woman Father Honor Value Men Husband Daughter Priesthood Blessed Faithful Bishop Gifts Brothers Given Divine Sons Bless Mission Understand His Encourage Privilege Sustain Hold Who Her

I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does. Mark Batterson

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