« All Ornament Quotes
·
Saint Ambrose's Page
Ornament Quotes by Saint Ambrose
1 Ornament quote by Saint Ambrose
More Quotes by Saint Ambrose
Saint Ambrose has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.
-
God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth…
-
It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you…
-
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips:…
-
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I…
-
O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in…
-
Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking.…
-
Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred,…
-
A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the…
-
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as…
-
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,…
-
It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to…
See all 22 quotes by Saint Ambrose »
More Ornament Quotes
Popular Ornament quotes from across the collection:
-
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
— Aristotle
-
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
— Aristotle
-
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
— Joseph Addison
-
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.
— Edmund Burke
-
Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
-
I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party…
— Nicolas Cage
-
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in…
— Vita Sackville-West
-
There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals.
— John Ruskin
-
At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament,…
— John Donne
-
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
— Thomas Otway
-
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by…
— Henry David Thoreau
-
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
See all Ornament Quotes »
Browse Saint Ambrose Quotes by Category