Inspirational Quotes by Assorted Authors

“You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.”

“The wise man considers what he wants, and the fool what he abounds in.”

“One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.”

“Our actions are the springs of our happiness or misery.”

“Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.”

“Since much wealth too often proves a snare and an incumbrance in the Christian's race, let him lighten the weight by 'dispersing abroad and giving to the poor'; whereby he will both soften the pilgrimage of his fellow travelers, and speed his own way the faster.”

“There will come a time when three words, uttered with charity and meekness, shall receive a far more blessed reward than three thousand volumes written with disdainful sharpness of wit.”

“Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.”

“The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.”

“The Self-Existent comes into being, the Uncreated is created, that which cannot be contained is contained.”

“Live in Christ, live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.”

“Christ allows His money to be taken from Him, but never His sheep.”

“He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world.”

“The world is equally shocked at hearing Christianity criticized and seeing it practiced.”

“I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian religion.”

“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.”

“This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.”

“I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.”

“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.”

“The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”