Preach Quotes

530 Preach quotes by 368 unique authors

It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself. — Theodore Roosevelt
If you go on a mission to preach the gospel with lightness and frivolity in your hearts, looking for this and that, and to learn… — Brigham Young
Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of… — William Osler
Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live… — Carlo Borromeo
None may wholly escape the good of Nature, however imperfectly exposed to her blessings. The minister will not preach a perfectly flat and sedimentary sermon… — John Muir
The gospel we preach must not be just something we hear from men or read from books or even conceived through our meditation. Unless it… — Watchman Nee
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
It's true that (many) are praying for a worldwide revival. But it would be more timely, and more scriptural, for prayer to be made to… — Arthur W. Pink
"The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently and as sternly… — Oliver B. Greene
The true hallmark of how advanced a person is, is how they treat those around them. Not simply what they say or what they preach,… — Frederick Lenz
Now, the first preachers of the Christ evangel preached Christ. They did not, in the first place, preach salvation or sanctification or forgiveness, or judgment… — Theodore Austin-Sparks
Care, but don't be pushy! Don't preach about enlightenment to people who don't really want to hear about it. — Frederick Lenz
When your purpose and your occupation is giving confidence to people, teaching self defense, giving empowerment, teaching a positive lifestyle to other people, you tend… — Rener Gracie
I'm trying to preach the idea that if we don't pay attention to history we're destined to repeat it. — Clint Eastwood
I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living. — J C Watts
The language is spare and under control and has a genuine immediacy...The poems never preach but are lined out with a cool and therefore devastating… — Vern Rutsala
It is difficult to preach, this morality of mediocrity! It may never admit what it is and what it wants! It must speak about restraint… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what… — St. Jerome
Obey your bishop! "Obey those set over you [Heb 13:17]," the teachers of the Church.... I remind you, my dear friends, of what I said… — Bernard of Clairvaux
A preacher must have some intelligence to charm the people by his florid style, by his exhilarating system of morality, by the repetition of his… — Jean de la Bruyere
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then… — Martin Luther
Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world. — St. Catherine of Siena
We must restore hope to young people, help the old, be open to the future, spread love. Be poor among the poor. We need to… — Pope Francis
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. — Oliver Goldsmith
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life. — Annie Dillard

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