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title: "5 Better Sermon Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-a-man-can-write-a-better-book-preach-a-better-sermon-or-make-a/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/you-can-preach-a-better-sermon-with-your-life-than-with-your-lips/)

[Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/)

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> [I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niecy-nash/i-feel-like-it-s-better-to-see-a-sermon-lived-than-it-is-to-hear-one/)

[Niecy Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niecy-nash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/niecy-nash-11241_feels_i-feel-like-it-s-better-to-see-a-sermon_582168.png)

> [The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/the-sight-of-a-drunkard-is-a-better-sermon-against-that-vice-than-the/)

[George Savile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-savile/)

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> [You preach a better sermon with your life than you do with your lips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-preach-a-better-sermon-with-your-life-than-you-do-with-your-lips/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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