Preaching Quotes

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Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or… — D. H. Lawrence
When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not… — James K. Baxter
A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done… — James Boswell
Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious. — Jonathan Swift
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. — Andy Stanley
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power. — Charles Caleb Colton
[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and… — Martin Luther
I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people, who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the… — Pope Benedict XVI
I thank you, dear Brothers, for preaching the love of Christ and exhorting your people to tolerance, respect and love of their brothers and sisters… — Pope Benedict XVI
One cannot read the New Testament without acquired admiration for whatever it abuses not to speak of the "wisdom of this world," which an impudent… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit,… — Matthew Henry
No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never… — William Booth
Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel — Charles Spurgeon
A country that goes out of its way to imprison the innocent has no business preaching democracy to the world. — Paul Craig Roberts
In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
While conscious of the challenges you face, I encourage you to follow faithfully in the footsteps of your founders, and to stir into flame the… — Pope Benedict XVI
Evangelization through the Eucharist, in the Eucharist, and from the Eucharist - these are three inseparable aspects of how the Church lives the mystery of… — Pope John Paul II
And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy Body… — Francis of Assisi

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