The first step toward heaven, is to see ourselves near hell. — Thomas Brooks First step Copy Share Image
An humble soul looks upon Christ's righteousness as his only crown. — Thomas Brooks Christ Copy Share Image
Those sins that seem most sweet in life, will prove most bitter in death — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“Adversity hath slain her thousand, but prosperity her ten thousand.” — Thomas Brooks Adversity Copy Share Image
Solomon got more hurt by his wealth, than he got good by his wisdom. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment. — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion. — Thomas Brooks Chiefs Copy Share Image
The two poles could sooner meet, than the love of Christ and the love of the world. — Thomas Brooks Christ Copy Share Image
Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
There are three things that earthly riches can never do; they can never satisfy divine justice, they can never pacify divine wrath,… — Thomas Brooks Conscience Copy Share Image
It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not… — Thomas Brooks Action Copy Share Image
What is honor, and riches, and the favor of creatures - so long as I lack the favor of God, the pardon… — Thomas Brooks Christ Copy Share Image
Cold prayers shall never have any warm answers. God will suit His returns to our requests. Lifeless, services shall have lifeless answers.… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
The root-trouble of the present distress is that the Church has more faith in the world and the flesh than in the… — Thomas Brooks Breathing Copy Share Image
“ It was a precept of Pythagoras, that when we enter into the temple to worship God , we must not so… — Thomas Brooks Business Copy Share Image
Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with… — Thomas Brooks Death Copy Share Image
“[I]t is not hasty reading--but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul.… — Thomas Brooks Meditation Copy Share Image
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Christ choosing solitude for private prayer, doth not only hint to us the danger of distraction and deviation of thoughts in prayer,… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
Several devices he has to draw souls to sin, and several plots he has to keep souls from all holy and heavenly… — Thomas Brooks Blind Copy Share Image
There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the… — Thomas Brooks Blind Copy Share Image
![“God's hearing of our prayers doth not depend upon sanctification, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what' we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are acceptable in the beloved [Eph 1.6].” quote by Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/997/thomas-brooks-2757_acceptable_god-s-hearing-of-our-prayers-doth-not-de_1518560.png)
![“[I]t is not hasty reading--but serious meditating upon holy and heavenly truths, that make them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the bee’s touching of the flower, which gathers honey--but her abiding for a time upon the flower, which draws out the sweet. It is not he who reads…” quote by Thomas Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c6c/thomas-brooks-2757_meditation_i-t-is-not-hasty-reading-but-serious-med_2690826.png)
