For me the motley and the bauble, yea, Though all be vanity, as the Preacher saith, The mirth of love be mine… — Frederic Lawrence Knowles Copy Share Image
The true preacher can be known by this, that he deals out to the people his life,--life passed through the fire of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
Biographies by preachers are of no value. If they admire a man they always make him a saint, while if they dislike… — George C. Lorimer Copy Share Image
As a preacher who has spent significant time in churches and houses of worship all across the country, I can tell you… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
We get to see it! January 1st, 2000! We get to see... all those fundamentalist preachers having to do their backpedaling when… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts,… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
People feel guilty enough at funerals without having more guilt heaped on. I would prefer a bighearted preacher giving my eulogy, someone… — Philip Gulley Copy Share Image
All I can say is Bishop Jakes would not currently accept the designation of Prosperity Preacher or Word of Faith Preacher as… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
Certainly I had from an early age a sense of the power and beauty of religious texts - the awesome magnitude of… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions… — Theaster Gates Copy Share Image
Lots of my friends and family belong to churches, and some of them are part of the so-called Christian Right. In this… — Lanford Wilson Copy Share Image
Don't hang a dismal picture on the wall, and do not daub with sables and glooms in your conversation. Don't be a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I do not think of changing the people through my sermons. It is through preparing my sermons that God changes me. The… — Albert Kang Copy Share Image
I wasn't hired to be a moral judge. I wasn't hired to be a preacher or an evangelist. I'm hired to apply… — Frank Minis Johnson Copy Share Image
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Advertising is simply a use of the right of the manufacture to present his case and to employ the same arts of… — Raymond Rubicam Copy Share Image
My mother is very emotional as well, but my dad is more of the guts of the family. He was the main… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given… — Art Linkletter Copy Share Image
America is capable at single moments of receiving the depth and the breadth of the homiletical vision of black America when a… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
For too long, we’ve called unbelievers to “invite Jesus into your life.” Jesus doesn’t want to be in your life. Your life… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Even for the most excitable preacher, there was nothing inherently sinful about a waffle. — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain,… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
