--- title: "2 Nagging Quotes By C. S. Lewis" description: "2 Nagging quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Nagging sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg" --- > [To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son - how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of-daily-life-to-keep-on/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg) > [Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud, one is safe from the worst form of pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptation-keep-on-knocking-it-on/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/c-s-lewis-2-132_form_yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptat_2468069.png) ## More by C. S. Lewis > [One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/one-of-our-great-allies-at-present-is-the-church-itself-do-not/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Either Jesus is the Son of God ; or a madman or worse. But His being just a great teacher? He's not left that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/either-jesus-is-the-son-of-god-or-a-madman-or-worse-but-his-being/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [To every soul, God will look like its first love because He IS its first love. Your place in heaven will seem to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-every-soul-god-will-look-like-its-first-love-because-he-is-its/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Don't you understand anything? Isn't it absolutely essential to keep a fierce Left and a fierce Right, both on their toes and each terrified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/don-t-you-understand-anything-isn-t-it-absolutely-essential-to-keep-a/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [“Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that. As”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/really-great-moral-teachers-never-do-introduce-new-moralities-it-is/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [“When He died in the Wounded World He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/when-he-died-in-the-wounded-world-he-died-not-for-men-but-for-each/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [All I am in private life is a literary critic and historian, that's my job...And I'm prepared to say on that basis if anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/all-i-am-in-private-life-is-a-literary-critic-and-historian-that-s-my/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/if-a-man-is-going-to-write-on-chemistry-he-learns-chemistry-the-same/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [The first fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say they have seen the Resurrection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/the-first-fact-in-the-history-of-christendom-is-a-number-of-people/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [I#pray because the need flows out of me all the time-walking and sleeping. It does not change # God - it changes me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-pray-because-the-need-flows-out-of-me-all-the-time-walking-and/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Are the gods not just?' 'Oh no, child. What would become us us if they were?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/are-the-gods-not-just-oh-no-child-what-would-become-us-us-if-they-were/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/love-is-more-than-an-emotion-it-is-a-decision/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [Ink is the great cure for all human ills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/ink-is-the-great-cure-for-all-human-ills/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/a-man-may-have-to-die-for-our-country-but-no-man-must-in-any/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) > [War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/war-creates-no-absolutely-new-situation-it-simply-aggravates-the/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/#itemlist", "name": "2 Nagging Quotes By C. S. Lewis", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son - how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, “Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse God’s mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what he says.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. S. Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of-daily-life-to-keep-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the…” — C. S. Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud, one is safe from the worst form of pride.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. S. Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptation-keep-on-knocking-it-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/c-s-lewis-2-132_form_yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptat_2468069.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/c-s-lewis-2-132_form_yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptat_2468069.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/c-s-lewis-2-132_form_yes-pride-is-a-perpetual-nagging-temptat_2468069.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried…” — C. S. Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/", "name": "Nagging Quotes by C. S. Lewis", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/c-s-lewis-2-132_bossy_to-forgive-the-incessant-provocations-of_938027.jpg" }, "description": "2 Nagging quotes by C. S. Lewis. Plus more from C. S. Lewis and more Nagging sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Nagging", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "C. S. Lewis", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nagging/c-s-lewis/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```