--- title: "6 Earnest Quotes By Frederick William Robertson" description: "6 Earnest quotes by Frederick William Robertson. Plus more from Frederick William Robertson and more Earnest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/frederick-william-robertson-39_earnest_this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-m_116636.png" --- > [This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-men-in-earnest-and-that-which/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/frederick-william-robertson-39_earnest_this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-m_116636.png) > [In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earnest-there-is-no-failure-no/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/frederick-william-robertson-39_done_in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earn_180458.jpg) > [In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earnest-there-is-no-failure-no-2/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/frederick-william-robertson-39_charity_in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earn_415659.png) > [Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/do-you-wish-to-become-rich-you-may-become-rich-that-is-if-you-desire/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/frederick-william-robertson-39_accomplishment_do-you-wish-to-become-rich-you-may-becom_453604.jpg) > [Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/let-a-man-begin-in-earnest-with-i-ought-and-he-will-end-by-god-s/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/frederick-william-robertson-39_attention_let-a-man-begin-in-earnest-with-i-ought_1580291.png) > [Simpler manners, purer lives; more self-denial; more earnest sympathy with the classes that lie below us, nothing short of that can lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/simpler-manners-purer-lives-more-self-denial-more-earnest-sympathy/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/frederick-william-robertson-39_broads_simpler-manners-purer-lives-more-self-de_2827939.jpg) ## Other authors on Earnest ## More by Frederick William Robertson > [Women and God are the two rocks on which a man must either anchor or be wrecked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/women-and-god-are-the-two-rocks-on-which-a-man-must-either-anchor-or/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of "the soul of goodness in things evil;" by a cheerful trust in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/by-experience-by-a-sense-of-human-frailty-by-a-perception-of-the-soul/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-men-in-earnest-and-that-which/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/never-does-a-man-know-the-force-that-is-in-him-till-some-mighty/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/in-god-s-world-for-those-who-are-in-earnest-there-is-no-failure-no/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [Now see what a Christian is, drawn by the hand of Christ. He is a man on whose clear and open brow God has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/now-see-what-a-christian-is-drawn-by-the-hand-of-christ-he-is-a-man/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/what-we-mean-by-sentimentalism-is-that-state-in-which-a-man-speaks/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/however-dark-and-profitless-however-painful-and-weary-existence-may/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/no-man-ever-progressed-to-greatness-and-goodness-but-through-great/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/the-man-whom-society-will-not-forgive-nor-restore-is-driven-into/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [God's highest gifts--talent, beauty, feeling, imagination, power--they carry with them the possibility of the highest heaven and the lowest hell. Be sure that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/god-s-highest-gifts-talent-beauty-feeling-imagination-power-they/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [There is a mighty gulf between those who love and those who do not love God To the one class we owe civility, courtesy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/there-is-a-mighty-gulf-between-those-who-love-and-those-who-do-not/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [Through ages, through eternity, what you have done for Christ, that, and only that, you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/through-ages-through-eternity-what-you-have-done-for-christ-that-and/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of the sons of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/brethren-happiness-is-not-our-being-s-end-and-aim-the-christian-s-aim/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) > [What we are, and where we are, is God's providential arrange ment — God's doing, though it may be man's misdoing; and the manly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/what-we-are-and-where-we-are-is-god-s-providential-arrange-ment-god-s/) [Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earnest/frederick-william-robertson/#itemlist", "name": "6 Earnest Quotes By Frederick William Robertson", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick William Robertson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-men-in-earnest-and-that-which/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/frederick-william-robertson-39_earnest_this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-m_116636.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/frederick-william-robertson-39_earnest_this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-m_116636.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/frederick-william-robertson-39_earnest_this-world-is-given-as-a-prize-for-the-m_116636.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This world is given as a prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still…” — Frederick William Robertson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. 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