All Hannah More Quotes
- In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. Agony
- Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. Definition
- Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.... All
- One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to… Act
- In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind. All
- In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear? End
- Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper. All
- There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no man ever repented of being… All
- Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to… Bends
- Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is… All
- How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform; to… Able
- Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. Betimes
- Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those… Cast
- My plan of instruction is extremely simple and limited. They learn, on week-days, such coarse works as may fit them for servants. I allow of… Allow
- O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness,… Check
- No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed. Bed
- Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. Acquired
- We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over… Apt
- After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper… Affection
- It is doing some service to humanity, to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed,… Always Employed
- Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good. Activity
- The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot… Bread
- We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our… Alone
- Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it. Absence
- When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. Blessing