Creatures Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be ungrateful toward…

— John Calvin

If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.

— Loren Cunningham

Nothing outside the will can hinder or harm the will; it can only harm itself. If then we accept this, and, when things go…

— Epictetus

In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to…

— John Hancock

We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness…

— George William Russell

“We create for ourselves our own heaven and our own hell, but it is ignorance that creates the will to remain in either without…

— Val Edward Simone

Heavens! whatever possesses us, here below, that we mutually torment ourselves, sourly reproach our mutual faults, and mercilessly condemn all that is not cut…

— George Sand

“If a man thinks only of his own profit, and tries to benefit himself at the expense of others, he will incur the hatred…

— Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because…

— Charles Stanley

Too many Christians become bitter and angry in the conflict. If we descend into hatefulness, we have already lost the battle. We must cooperate…

— Francis Frangipane

So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight, And, strong in Him whose cause is ours In…

— John Greenleaf Whittier