Famous quotes by Clergymans

Small: There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem
"There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of Ameri
"I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldnt have a
"Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, hes a distinguished senator and head of the S
"I think George Allen from Virginia was a distinguished governor, he's a distinguished senator and head of the Senatorial Campaign Committee and won some significant victories. He is a very attractive guy and would make a tremendous president"
Pat Robertson, Clergyman
Small: There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes the true, where he is free to do w
"There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought"
Charles Kingsley, Clergyman
Small: Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious
"Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious"
Billy Sunday, Clergyman
Small: Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with
"Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect on
"The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight tha
"However, without considering this connection, there is no doubt but that more good than evil, more delight than sorrow, arises from compassion itself; there being so many things which balance the sorrow of it"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection but then it is to be added
"God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be
"Consequently it will often happen there will be a desire of particular objects, in cases where they cannot be obtained without manifest injury to others"
Joseph Butler, Clergyman
Small: Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody elses skin.
"Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too"
Frederick Buechner, Clergyman
Small: Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summo
"Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage"
Frederick Buechner, Clergyman
Small: Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it blee
"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death"
Frederick Buechner, Clergyman
Small: In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called s
"In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints"
Frederick Buechner, Clergyman
Small: God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe
Billy Graham
"God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there"
Billy Graham, Clergyman
Small: God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with
Billy Graham
"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with"
Billy Graham, Clergyman
Small: For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free even you may be the children of God, if yo
George Whitefield
"For in Jesus Christ there is neither male nor female, bond nor free; even you may be the children of God, if you believe in Jesus"
George Whitefield, Clergyman
Small: At the day of judgment we shall all meet again
George Whitefield
"At the day of judgment we shall all meet again"
George Whitefield, Clergyman
Small: To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers
George Whitefield
"To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers"
George Whitefield, Clergyman
Small: The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him
George Whitefield
"The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him"
George Whitefield, Clergyman
Small: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?"
Rabbi Hillel, Clergyman
Small: Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings
"Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious th
"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the en
"He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age
"Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age"
Hosea Ballou, Clergyman
Small: GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life
"GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life"
Swami Vivekananda, Clergyman
Small: I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me.
"I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I had made myself the centre of my own existence and had my back turned to God"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
Small: It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing
"It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing"
John Henry Newman, Clergyman
Small: Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create
Pope John Paul II
"Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman