Preaching Quotes

373 quotes by 272 authors

For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, But the main… — Robert Browning
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,… — William Cowper
I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest… — William Cowper
He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. — William Cowper
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote… — William Cowper
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. — William Cowper
In a world that has ceased to believe in sin, the artist is responsible for the preaching. — Albert Camus
No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be, so long as the kitchen and… — Horace Greeley
Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on. — Dante Alighieri
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts; and if people in general could… — John Muir
I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things. Lecturing to children is no… — Walt Disney
The most effective preaching of the gospel is when it is accompanied by beautiful, appropriate music. — Harold B. Lee
People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnatâ€™s eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven… — Brigham Young
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts . . . — John Muir
Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and Ive got such a bully pulpit! — Theodore Roosevelt
America already holds the record for freak movements. Now we have a new one. It's called "Restoring Confidence." Rich men who never had a mission… — Will Rogers
Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could… — Benjamin Franklin
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
What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this: It is to give men and women a sense of God… — David Lloyd-Jones
Godliness has 'promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.' But the only way one can enter into godliness… — Henry Allen Ironside

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