Preacher Quotes · Page 21

There are more Baptist preachers in Texas than Baptist missionaries in all the world.

— Ray Thompson

The minister should preach as if he felt that although the congregation own the church, and have bought the pews, they have…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

— Samuel Johnson

Faith is to rest, not in the best of God's servants, but in His unchanging Word.

— Henry Allen Ironside

I would rather be a preacher in a pulpit than a prince on a throne

— Christopher Love

The forgiveness of God is one thing, but the proof that we want that forgiveness is the energy we expend to make…

— Fulton J. Sheen

Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

[Bob Dylan] is a preacher but also a sinner; a poet but also a pitchman; authentic all-American but also invented persona.

— Jay Michaelson

There are preachers of death: and the earth is full of those to whom desistance from life must be preached.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

In church, sacred music would make believers of us all — but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I lived in a project and...didn't have a good education. But...I'd listen to the preacher, who said that God would show me…

— Evander Holyfield

I have met many Roman Catholic theologians who will emphasize as much as any good Protestant preacher that everything comes from the…

— N. T. Wright

It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely! Christ is…

— Charles Spurgeon

It has become, in my view, a bit too trendy to regard the acceptance of death as something tantamount to intrinsic dignity.…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.

— Victoria Jackson

It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith,…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

I've listened to Preachers, I've listened to fools. I've worshipped the dropouts, who've made their own rules.

— Ozzy Osbourne

the Press has no band of critics who go the round of the churches and chapels, and are on the watch for…

— George Eliot

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as…

— John Knox

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and…

— Martin Luther

Do not sit idle, for indeed death is seeking you

— Hasan of Basra

“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any…

— Theaster Gates

Out of a very intimate acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater pray-er than…

— R. A. Torrey

The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved," said the preacher piously.…

— Anthony de Mello