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> [The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-spirit-and-tone-of-your-home-will-have-great-influence-on-your/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

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## More by Richard Cecil

> [Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/every-man-will-have-his-own-criterion-in-forming-his-judgment-of/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-history-of-all-the-great-characters-of-the-bible-is-summed-up-in/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/duties-are-ours-events-are-god-s-this-removes-an-infinite-burden-from/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/when-a-founder-has-cast-a-bell-he-does-not-presently-fix-it-in-the/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-government-of-the-united-states-is-not-entitled-to-affirm-as-a/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/an-idle-man-has-a-constant-tendency-to-torpidity-he-has-adopted-the/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/i-could-write-down-twenty-cases-wherein-i-wished-that-god-had-done/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-christian-will-find-his-parentheses-for-prayer-even-in-the/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The Christian's fellowship with God is rather a habit than a rapture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-christian-s-fellowship-with-god-is-rather-a-habit-than-a-rapture/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/an-accession-of-wealth-is-a-dangerous-predicament-for-a-man-at-first/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-only-instance-of-praying-to-saints-mentioned-in-the-bible-is-that/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [It is much easier to settle a point than to act on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/it-is-much-easier-to-settle-a-point-than-to-act-on-it/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-man-who-labors-to-please-his-neighbor-for-his-good-to-edification/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/we-are-urgent-about-the-body-he-is-about-the-soul-we-call-for-present/)

[Richard Cecil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cecil/)

> [The world looks at ministers out of the pulpit to know that they mean in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cecil/the-world-looks-at-ministers-out-of-the-pulpit-to-know-that-they-mean/)

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