Best Hymn Quotes

50 Hymn quotes by 45 unique authors

There are two thing you need for a jolly good hymn.The first is a set of words that expresses the mood or sentiment of the… — John Betjeman
Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.. — John Betjeman
Our hymn-books resound with a melodious cursing of God and enduring Him forever. — Henry David Thoreau
I want my life to be a hymn to the Creator. — Robert Muller
At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This is the length… — James Fenton
A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church. — Jamey Johnson
TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an… — Ambrose Bierce
If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights,… — Charles Fort
O brother man! fold to thy heart thy brother; Where pity dwells, the peace of God is there; To worship rightly is to love each… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Opened Christmas cards hum to me the hymn of love and teach me the sacrament of correspondence. — Edward M Hays
Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the… — Khalil Gibran
The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. — Wynton Marsalis
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. — Maria Mitchell
We will now sing forth, hymn 405, 'Oh God, what on earth is my hairdo all about? — Eddie Izzard
She smiled. She knew she was dying. But it did not matter any longer. She had known something which no human words could ever tell… — Ayn Rand
And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
All morning, Spence has been a well-oiled machine of activity. Everyone doing her bit, quietly and efficiently. It's strange how deliberate people are after a… — Libba Bray
Isn't it a riddle . . . and awe-inspiring, that everything is so beautiful? Despite the horror. Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious peering… — Sophie Scholl
I have named you queen. There are taller than you, taller. There are purer than you, purer. There are lovelier than you, lovelier. But you… — Pablo Neruda
There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon pages… — Libba Bray
Some spiritually alert parents hold early-morning devotionals with their families in their homes. They have a hymn, prayer, and then read and discuss the Book… — Ezra Taft Benson
I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with… — Charles King
Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the people's unity against the great enemy of mankind: the United… — Ernesto Che Guevara
If I take my whole, passionate, spiritual and physical love to the woman who in return loves me, that is how I serve God. And… — DH Lawrence

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