Greatness Quotes by Frederick William Robertson

9 Greatness quotes by Frederick William Robertson

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Frederick William Robertson’s nine quotes on greatness blend spiritual depth with moral exhortation. Though few, they offer a thoughtful glimpse into his belief that virtue and purpose drive true accomplishment.

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Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

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No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.

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It is not the situation which makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

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Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.

Frederick William Robertson

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It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

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It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There…

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It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much…

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Humility is that simple, inner life of real greatness, which is indifferent to magnificence, and, surrounded by it all, lives far away…

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In these two things the greatness of man consists, to have God dwelling in us as to impart His character to us,…

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Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.

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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…

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Now see what a Christian is, drawn by the hand of Christ. He is a man on whose clear and open brow God has…

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What we mean by sentimentalism is that state in which a man speaks deep and true sentiments not because he feels them strongly, but…

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However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so…

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No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.

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The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

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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…

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