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title: "2 Catch me Quotes By John Henry Jowett"
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> [If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/if-we-do-not-catch-men-we-are-in-great-danger-of-losing-even-the/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

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> [The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate a face of brass, but the face of infinite good will. Yet when I was a child, many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/the-heavens-are-not-filled-with-hostility-the-sky-does-not-express-a/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

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## More by John Henry Jowett

> [If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/if-we-do-not-catch-men-we-are-in-great-danger-of-losing-even-the/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/every-virtue-divorced-from-thankfulness-is-maimed-and-limps-along-the/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won...In prayer we bring our spiritual enemies into the Presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/it-is-in-the-field-of-prayer-that-life-s-critical-battles-are-lost-or/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there. We must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/it-is-in-the-field-of-prayer-that-life-s-critical-battles-are-lost-or-2/)

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> [All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/all-vital-praying-makes-a-drain-on-a-man-s-vitality-true-intercession/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [The only really fatal element in defeat is the resolution not to try again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/the-only-really-fatal-element-in-defeat-is-the-resolution-not-to-try/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/faith-without-thankfulness-lacks-strength-and-fortitude/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/prayer-is-not-always-petition-sometimes-it-is-just-communion-it-is/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/preaching-that-costs-nothing-accomplishes-nothing/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [Anyone can build a house: we need the Lord for the creation of a home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/anyone-can-build-a-house-we-need-the-lord-for-the-creation-of-a-home/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [It is possible to evade a multitude of sorrows by the cultivation of an insignificant life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/it-is-possible-to-evade-a-multitude-of-sorrows-by-the-cultivation-of/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/god-does-not-comfort-us-to-make-us-comfortable-but-to-make-us/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/gratitude-is-a-vaccine-an-antitoxin-and-an-antiseptic-this-is-a-most/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [The heavens are not filled with hostility. The sky does not express a frown. When I look up I do not contemplate a face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/the-heavens-are-not-filled-with-hostility-the-sky-does-not-express-a/)

[John Henry Jowett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-jowett/)

> [May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-jowett/may-my-life-be-like-a-great-hospitable-tree-and-may-weary-wanderers/)

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