Prophet Quotes

605 quotes by 401 authors

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story. — David Eddings
In the storm, like a prophet oâ€™ermaddened, Thou singest and tossest thy branches; Thy heart with the terror is gladdened, Thou forebodest the dread avalanches....… — James Russell Lowell
There is no question but that if Jesus Christ, or a great prophet from another religion, were to come back today, he would find it… — Peter Ustinov
It is not science that has destroyed the world, despite all the gloomy forebodings of the earlier prophets. It is man who has destroyed man. — Max Lerner
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he… — Margaret Mead
If you want to ascend like the Prophet to the sky of immortality, know this very well: Fasting is your Arabian stallion. — Unknown Author
Will you be slack, brethren, and let the evil come upon us, when we forewarn you of the future events that are coming;â€¦ We are… — Heber C. Kimball
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. — Euripides
If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes… — Hafez
Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative. — Abba Eban
As a forecaster, Marx shared the common destiny of all prophets: to be belied by events. — Gunnar Myrdal
The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly. — Muhammad Iqbal
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith, the teachings of… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power… — Vance Havner
A true preacher is best measured not by how many bouquets have been pinned on him but by how many brickbats have been pitched at… — Vance Havner
Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. — Vance Havner
Just as the teaching of the Law and the prophets, being harbingers of the coming advent of the Logos in the flesh, guide our souls… — Maximus the Confessor
Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of… — Maximus the Confessor
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind… — Symeon the New Theologian
The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack. — Keith Olbermann

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