Bishop Quotes

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Inherent in the ordination to be bishop is both the right and the obligation to be directed by inspiration. — Boyd K. Packer
But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence… — Vincent de Paul
Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of… — Rowan Williams
Orthodoxy, my Lord,: said Bishop Warburton, in a whisper, â€” orthodoxy is my doxy, â€” heterodoxy is another man's doxy. — Joseph Priestley
Do not, brethren, put your trust in man though he be a bishop, an apostle, or a president. If you do, they will fail you… — George Q. Cannon
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces. — Howard Staunton
The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board. — Howard Staunton
Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all… — Saint John Chrysostom
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and… — Richard Harris Barham
Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901 Be not afraid to pray... to pray is right. Pray if thou canst with hope;… — Hartley Coleridge
The saying of John Peale Bishop is worth recalling, that the South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code… — Richard M. Weaver
Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often,… — Os Guinness
You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player! — John Adams
There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail." — Matthew Arnold
I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings because people have cheated me. In particular, just today I found... that, having done… — Artemisia Gentileschi
Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church.... I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx. — Jamie Foxx
The African American's relationship to Africa has long been ambivalent, at least since the early nineteenth century, when 3,000 black men crowded into Bishop Richard… — Henry Louis Gates
Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights… — Stockwell Day

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