--- title: "1 Grief Father Quotes By John Chrysostom" description: "1 Grief Father quotes by John Chrysostom. Plus more from John Chrysostom and more Grief Father sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/john-chrysostom-18823_children_so-it-is-with-sorrow-each-thinks-his-own_1948674.jpg" --- > [“So it is with sorrow, each thinks his own present grief the most severe. For of this he judges by his own experience. He that is childless considers nothing so sad as to be without children; he that is poor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/so-it-is-with-sorrow-each-thinks-his-own-present-grief-the-most/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/john-chrysostom-18823_children_so-it-is-with-sorrow-each-thinks-his-own_1948674.jpg) ## More by John Chrysostom > [I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the great difficulty of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-know-my-own-soul-how-feeble-and-puny-it-is-i-know-the-magnitude-of/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers with a fish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/christ-is-wont-to-catch-every-man-in-the-way-of-his-own-craft/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to receive it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-do-not-know-whether-anyone-has-ever-succeeded-in-not-enjoying/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [The Judge will pass sentence, not according to what any other person has said concerning you, but according to what you have yourself spoken.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/the-judge-will-pass-sentence-not-according-to-what-any-other-person/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [“For it cannot, it cannot be, that a man should enjoy the benefit of grace except he watch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/for-it-cannot-it-cannot-be-that-a-man-should-enjoy-the-benefit-of/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [Do not say I use what is mine: you use what is alien to you; the indulgent, selfish use makes what is yours something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/do-not-say-i-use-what-is-mine-you-use-what-is-alien-to-you-the/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [After the prophets, the false prophets; after the apostles, the false apostles; after Christ, anti-Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/after-the-prophets-the-false-prophets-after-the-apostles-the-false/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in the art of forming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/higher-than-every-painter-higher-than-every-sculptor-and-than-all/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [God draws, but He draws the willing one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/god-draws-but-he-draws-the-willing-one/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [By the cross we know the gravity of sin and the greatness of God's love toward us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/by-the-cross-we-know-the-gravity-of-sin-and-the-greatness-of-god-s/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [ “As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a \[person\].” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/as-a-moth-gnaws-a-garment-so-doth-envy-consume-a-person/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [“I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you to my life itself. For the present life is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/i-have-taken-you-in-my-arms-and-i-love-you-and-i-prefer-you-to-my/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [As the Father useth this expression I AM, so also doth Christ, for it signifieth continuous being, irrespective of all time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/as-the-father-useth-this-expression-i-am-so-also-doth-christ-for-it/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [“If a man cannot learn well a melody on pipe or harp,   unless he in every way strain his attention; how shall one, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/if-a-man-cannot-learn-well-a-melody-on-pipe-or-harp-unless-he-in/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) > [Correct him, but not as a foe, nor as an adversary exacting a penalty, but as a physician providing medicines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-chrysostom/correct-him-but-not-as-a-foe-nor-as-an-adversary-exacting-a-penalty/) [John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-chrysostom/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grief-father/john-chrysostom/#itemlist", "name": "1 Grief Father Quotes By John Chrysostom", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So it is with sorrow, each thinks his own present grief the most severe. 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