"Here is the manliness of manhood, that a……" — Alexander MacLaren
"Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a good reason for what he does, and has a will in doing it."
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Alexander MacLaren
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62 Quotes by Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren has 62 quotes on this site.
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Did any of you, parents, ever hear your child wake from sleep with some panic fear and shriek the mother's…
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The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
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You cannot put patience and experience into a parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring hope out of tribulation.
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All that this world knows of living lies in giving - and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he…
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If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.
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To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of…
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Man's course begins in a garden, but it ends in a city.
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The grace of God, says Luther, "is like a flying summer shower." It has fallen upon more than one land,…
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Embrace in one act the two truths-thine own sin, and God's infinite mercy in Jesus Christ.
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We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we…
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The hand that holds the seven stars is as loving as the hand that was laid in blessing upon the…
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In heaven after ages of ages of growing glory, we shall have to say, as each new wave of the…
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