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May Quotes by Phillips Brooks
- Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.
- The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where the feet of the Holiest trod, This, then, is the marvel to mortals revealed.
- Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It…
- We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That…
- We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That…
- The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after death - that is not the great thing - but that...we are…
- The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that…
- You may look through the streets of heaven, asking each how they came to b there, and you will look in vain everywhere for a…
- Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.
- How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his…
- Christmas day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both.
- There is no life so humble that, if it be true and genuinely human and obedient to God, it may not hope to shed some…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh