Hearers Quotes

40 Hearers quotes by 36 unique authors

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.… — Unknown Author

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