Hearers Quotes

40 quotes by 37 authors

Jesus no doubt fits his teaching into the late-Jewish messianic dogma. But he does not think dogmatically. He formulates no doctrine. He is far from… — Albert Schweitzer
If you expound the teaching of the Logos from the standpoint of the moral life, using materialistic words and examples which correspond to the capacity… — Maximus the Confessor
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. — Lascelles Abercrombie
If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers. — George Frederick Pentecost
Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator. — Alphonse de Lamartine
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. — Charles Caleb Colton
He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
When a person tells others 'Be good,' he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not. — Meher Baba
They who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers — Brigham Young
He that can toy with his ministry and count it to be like a trade, or like any other profession, was never called of God.… — Charles Spurgeon
I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields. I now… — George Whitefield
The lights of Saxon England were going out, and in the gathering darkness a gentle, grey-beard prophet foretold the end. When on his death-bed Edward… — Winston Churchill
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. — Bill Vaughan
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,… — David Hume
To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers. — George Whitefield
The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstacy is holy! — Allen Ginsberg
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and… — Richard Hooker
The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? For when I make a feast… — John Harington
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another, and praising the speaker, but which makes them go… — Gilbert Burnet
An athlete was never made by mere instruction. No soldier was ever trained by the mere study of his manual, but by practicing his drill.… — Outlook

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