--- title: "8 Broken Vessel Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Broken Vessel quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Broken Vessel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/myla-goldberg-29130_broken_miriam-realizes-she-is-a-broken-vessel-p_11829.png" --- > [Miriam realizes she is a broken vessel, pieces of her scattered everywhere. She has been finding those pieces, in their many forms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myla-goldberg/miriam-realizes-she-is-a-broken-vessel-pieces-of-her-scattered/) [Myla Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myla-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/myla-goldberg-29130_broken_miriam-realizes-she-is-a-broken-vessel-p_11829.png) > [“It is difficult to fill a broken vessel, and impossible to fill a leaking one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/it-is-difficult-to-fill-a-broken-vessel-and-impossible-to-fill-a/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/matshona-dhliwayo-52_educational-quotes_it-is-difficult-to-fill-a-broken-vessel_184759.jpg) > [“John became a broken vessel, and it was pleasing to the Lord. See him—and yourself—yielded, merciful and leaning on the Master’s chest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-goll/john-became-a-broken-vessel-and-it-was-pleasing-to-the-lord-see-him/) [James W. Goll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-goll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/james-w-goll-14470_quote_john-became-a-broken-vessel-and-it-was-p_1446955.jpg) > [Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/black-is-like-a-broken-vessel-which-is-deprived-of-the-capacity-to/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/leonardo-da-vinci-330_black_black-is-like-a-broken-vessel-which-is-d_1809388.jpg) > [“The Broken Vessel Have you ever been scorched by the hot words of Jesus? Has He ever spoken something so deep into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-w-goll/the-broken-vessel-have-you-ever-been-scorched-by-the-hot-words-of/) [James W. Goll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-w-goll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/james-w-goll-14470_quote_the-broken-vessel-have-you-ever-been-sco_1842626.jpg) > [“...he seemed to grasp a deep understanding of the unfolding drama in which he had been caught. He seemed to understand something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-edwards/he-seemed-to-grasp-a-deep-understanding-of-the-unfolding-drama-in/) [Gene Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/gene-edwards-34849_learning_he-seemed-to-grasp-a-deep-understanding_2648366.jpg) > [The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-sunday/the-only-way-to-keep-a-broken-vessel-full-is-to-keep-it-always-under/) [Billy Sunday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-sunday/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/billy-sunday-4239_broken_the-only-way-to-keep-a-broken-vessel-ful_2662026.png) > [Though we may feel we are "like a broken vessel," as the Psalmist says (Psalms 31:12), we must remember, that vessel is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-r-holland/though-we-may-feel-we-are-like-a-broken-vessel-as-the-psalmist-says/) [Jeffrey R. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-r-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/jeffrey-r-holland-1190_being-me_though-we-may-feel-we-are-like-a-broken_3041419.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken-vessel/#itemlist", "name": "Broken Vessel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Miriam realizes she is a broken vessel, pieces of her scattered everywhere. 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