I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be a melting… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
Oh let us continually keep faith in exercise, till it be entirely swallowed up in the boundless ocean of beatific vision. — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly… — Jeremiah Burroughs Copy Share Image
Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and this must be Our chastisement or recompense. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. Why shouldst thou be afraid to die, who hopest to live by… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Oh that I was lowly in heart! Honor and dishonor, good report and evil report would then be alike, and prove a… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
“And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
And nothing prevents men from believing when the guidance comes to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that what… — Quran Copy Share Image
A believer may pass through much affliction, and yet secure very little blessing from it all. Abiding in Christ is the secret… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
A true faith in Jesus Christ will not suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless principle; it… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are utterly contemptible… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
When you come before spiritual master, be prepared to get chastised. Spiritual Master's business is to do that. Shisya means who is… — Bhakti Charu Swami Copy Share Image
God's decree is the very pillar and basis on which the saint's perseverance depends. That decree ties the knot of adoption so… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
There is no passion that so much transports men from their right judgments as anger. No one would demur upon punishing a… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Father God, thank You for having no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
There is no argument so cogent not only in demonstrating, the indestructibility of the soul, but also in showing that it always… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
It is no small advantage to the holy life to "begin the day with God." The saints are wont to leave their… — Thomas Case Copy Share Image
No marvel if the worldling escape earthly afflictions. God corrects him not. He is base born and begot. God will not do… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
In our first paradise in Eden there was a way to go out but no way to go in again. But as… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Take a saint, and put him into any condition, and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord. — Walter Cradock Copy Share Image
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
The invitation to repent is rarely a voice of chastisement but rather a loving appeal to turn around and to “re-turn” toward… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is always distressing when outraged morality does not possess the strength of arm to administer direct chastisement on the sinner.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Truly, hope is the saint's covering, wherein he wraps himself, when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave: "My… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Pray that thy last days, and last works may be the best; and that when thou comest to die, thou mayest have… — Vavasor Powell Copy Share Image
Let weak Christians know that a spark from heaven, though kindled under green wood that sobs and smokes, yet it will consume… — Richard Sibbes Copy Share Image
Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope. — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
A man like me cannot but believe that this earthquake is a divine chastisement sent by God for our sins. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
