--- title: "2 Adoration Quotes By William Temple" description: "2 Adoration quotes by William Temple. Plus more from William Temple and more Adoration sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-temple-17571_adoration_worship-is-the-submission-of-all-of-our_1513726.jpg" --- > [“Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God. It is the quickening of the conscience by his holiness; the nourishment of mind with his truth; the purifying of imagination by his beauty; the opening of the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/worship-is-the-submission-of-all-of-our-nature-to-god-it-is-the/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/william-temple-17571_adoration_worship-is-the-submission-of-all-of-our_1513726.jpg) > [Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His Beauty; the opening of the heart to His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/worship-is-the-submission-of-all-our-nature-to-god-it-is-the/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/william-temple-17571_adoration_worship-is-the-submission-of-all-our-nat_3192322.jpg) ## Other authors on Adoration - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-john-paul-ii-75898.jpg) Pope John Paul II 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/pope-john-paul-ii/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-geddes-51456.jpg) John Geddes 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/john-geddes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/mother-teresa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-benedict-xvi-75881.jpg) Pope Benedict XVI 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/pope-benedict-xvi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-julian-eymard-74894.jpg) Peter Julian Eymard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/peter-julian-eymard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/charles-spurgeon/) - [C. S. Lewis 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/c-s-lewis/) ## More by William Temple > [Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your gifts. It means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/humility-does-not-mean-thinking-less-of-yourself-than-other-people/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/our-present-time-is-indeed-a-criticizing-and-critical-time-hovering/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all systems can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-is-no-structural-organization-of-society-which-can-bring-about/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [Christianity founds hospitals and atheists are cured in them, never knowing they owe their cure to Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/christianity-founds-hospitals-and-atheists-are-cured-in-them-never/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-only-way-for-a-rich-man-to-be-healthy-is-by-exercise-and/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [Learning passes for wisdom among those who want both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/learning-passes-for-wisdom-among-those-who-want-both/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/a-man-s-wisdom-is-his-best-friend-folly-his-worst-enemy/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/the-first-ingredient-in-conversation-is-truth-the-next-good-sense-the/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God; an atheist who lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/we-shall-say-without-hesitation-that-the-atheist-who-is-moved-by-love/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/there-cannot-live-a-more-unhappy-creature-than-an-ill-natured-old-man/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [“It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-a-great-mistake-to-think-that-god-is-chiefly-concerned-with-our/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/it-is-sometimes-said-that-conduct-is-supremely-important-and-worship/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/people-that-trust-wholly-to-other-s-charity-and-without-industry-of/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they passed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/books-like-proverbs-receive-their-chief-value-from-the-stamp-and/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) > [Science has its being in a perpetual mental restlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-temple/science-has-its-being-in-a-perpetual-mental-restlessness/) [William Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-temple/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoration/william-temple/#itemlist", "name": "2 Adoration Quotes By William Temple", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God. 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