All Thomas Adams Quotes
- The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive… Atheist
- Our mind is where our pleasure is, our heart is where our treasure is, our love is where our life is, but all these, our… All
- Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up. Begin
- A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… Agent
- He that will be knighted must kneel for it, and he that will enter in at the strait gate must crowd for it-a gate made… Blessing
- Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou comest… Always Without
- Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same witnesses, the same… Art
- That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face. Blessing
- Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends. Alas
- The patient man is merry indeed.... The jailers that watch him are but his pages of honour, and his very dungeon but the lower side… All
- Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life… Believe
- We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams,… Beam
- A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation. Bold
- Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his… Brightness
- Baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: there are three… Baptism
- Ahab cast a covetous eye at Naboth's vineyard, David a lustful eye at Bathsheba. The eye is the pulse of the soul; as physicians judge… Ahab
- His father was no man's friend but his own, and he is no man's for else. Enemy
- Beauty is like an almanack: if it lasts a year it is well. Beauty
- He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass. Bridge
- As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two. Creation
- Plan the town, if you like; but in doing it do not forget that you have got to spread the people. Make wider roads, but… All
- He who sends the storm steers the vessel. Inspirational
- Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation. Arise
- Conscience is God's deputy in the soul. Conscience
- Sins are so remitted, as if they had never been committed. Been