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Thy Quotes by Francis Quarles
- Let all thy joys be as the month of May,And all thy days be as a marriage day.
- If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.
- Proportion thy charity to the strength of thine estate, lest God proportion thine estate to the weakness of thy charity. Let the lips of the…
- Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue, then make the building as rich as glorious as thou canst; if the foundation be beauty or…
- Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.
- Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.
- I here present thee with a hive of bees, laden some with wax, and some with honey. Fear not to approach! there are no wasps,…
- Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience…
- See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this…
- Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
- Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
- Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what…
More Thy Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. — Thomas Browne
- Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure. — Robert Browning
- Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that… — James Allen
- I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own… — Julia Child
- Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work is heavy… — W. E. B. Du Bois