--- title: "4 Friday Quotes By Phillips Brooks" description: "4 Friday quotes by Phillips Brooks. Plus more from Phillips Brooks and more Friday sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/phillips-brooks-2696_crucifixion_so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lo_130729.png" --- > [So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lord-keeping-faith-in-him-in/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/phillips-brooks-2696_crucifixion_so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lo_130729.png) > [We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/we-may-say-that-on-the-first-good-friday-afternoon-was-completed-that/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/phillips-brooks-2696_afternoon_we-may-say-that-on-the-first-good-friday_434122.jpg) > [The essence of that by which Jesus overcame the world was not suffering, but obedience. Yes, men may puzzle themselves and their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/the-essence-of-that-by-which-jesus-overcame-the-world-was-not/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/phillips-brooks-2696_christ_the-essence-of-that-by-which-jesus-overc_1009156.jpg) > [We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/we-may-say-that-on-the-first-good-friday-afternoon-was-completed-that-2/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/phillips-brooks-2696_afternoon_we-may-say-that-on-the-first-good-friday_3066304.png) ## Other authors on Friday - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-black-77775.jpg) Rebecca Black 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friday/rebecca-black/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jason-katims-47523.jpg) Jason Katims 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friday/jason-katims/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-connie-britton-24958.jpg) Connie Britton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friday/connie-britton/) ## More by Phillips Brooks > [Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/do-not-pray-for-tasks-equal-to-your-powers-pray-for-powers-equal-to/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/christmas-day-is-a-day-of-joy-and-charity-may-god-make-you-very-rich/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [Preaching is truth through personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/preaching-is-truth-through-personality/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer except that which lies outside the will of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/nothing-lies-beyond-the-reach-of-prayer-except-that-which-lies/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [Everywhere the flower of obedience is intelligence. Obey a man with cordial loyalty and you will understand him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/everywhere-the-flower-of-obedience-is-intelligence-obey-a-man-with/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/o-do-not-pray-for-easy-lives-pray-to-be-stronger-men-do-not-pray-for/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lord-keeping-faith-in-him-in/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/the-trouble-is-that-i-m-in-a-hurry-but-god-isn-t/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/the-truest-help-we-can-render-an-afflicted-man-is-not-to-take-his/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [“The danger facing all of us--let me say it again, for one feels it tremendously--is not that we shall make an absolute failure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/the-danger-facing-all-of-us-let-me-say-it-again-for-one-feels-it/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/there-is-a-necessary-limit-to-our-achievement-but-none-to-our-attempt/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/character-some-day-you-will-be-wrestling-with-the-great-temptation-or/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [The essential tendency of life is toward happiness . . . . Optimism is the only true condition for a reasonable man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/the-essential-tendency-of-life-is-toward-happiness-optimism-is-the/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [To find his place and fill it is success for a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/to-find-his-place-and-fill-it-is-success-for-a-man/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) > [It is God's world still. It has been given to man not absolutely, but in trust, that man may work out in it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/it-is-god-s-world-still-it-has-been-given-to-man-not-absolutely-but/) [Phillips Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillips-brooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friday/phillips-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "4 Friday Quotes By Phillips Brooks", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Phillips Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillips-brooks/so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lord-keeping-faith-in-him-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/phillips-brooks-2696_crucifixion_so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lo_130729.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/phillips-brooks-2696_crucifixion_so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lo_130729.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/phillips-brooks-2696_crucifixion_so-shall-we-join-the-disciples-of-our-lo_130729.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making…” — Phillips Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. 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