All Hannah More Quotes
- 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
- Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. Foibles
- No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. Adulation
- Everything which relates to God is infinite. We must therefore, while we keep our hearts humble, keep our aims high. Our highest services are indeed… Aim
- It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use. Christianity
- To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint! All
- The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded. Doe
- Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. Chains
- Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster; while an inward canker… Attacks
- A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat. Defeat
- The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading,… Ailment
- If I wanted to punish an enemy it should be by fastening on him or her the trouble of constantly hating somebody. Constantly
- Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty. Depart
- Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin, And what it fears creates. Creates
- Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request. Ask
- Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right. Cheap