Christian Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“FOR EVERY STOIC WAS A STOIC BUT WHERE IN CHRISTENDOM IS THE CHRISTIAN?”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian?

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest,…

— John Dryden

A Christian in his surroundings should encourage everyone to be better, instead of being the one who stoops to be like everyone else.

— Max Lucado

A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing…

— Ellen G. White

“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and…

— Jonathan Edwards

“The philosophy asserts that virtue (meaning, chiefly, the four cardinal virtues of self-control, courage, justice, and wisdom) is happiness, and it is our perceptions…

— Ryan Holiday

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

— Tullian Tchividjian

“Spiritual pride tends to speak of other persons’ sins with bitterness or with laughter and levity and an air of contempt. But pure Christian…

— Jonathan Edwards

To become a stoic is to endorse the truthfulness of its world view and accept its prescription for how you ought to live, not…

— Julian Baggini

“The Stoic makes no differentiation between a small act of kindness by a simple person and a great act of virtue from a learned…

— Marcus Aurelius

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

— Anonymous