Gratitude Quote by Charles Dickens

“John became a broken vessel, and it was pleasing to the Lord. See him—and yourself—yielded, merciful and leaning on the Master’s chest.”

— James W. Goll

“John, who was transformed into a passionate lover of God, had lost everything he knew in order to come into that which he did…

— James W. Goll

“John considered a young master as the natural enemy of an old servant, and young people in general as a poor contrivance for carrying…

— George Eliot

“Sometimes God delays your John The Baptist so he heralds and paves the way of a greater somebody (Christ) for a purpose.”

— Faithful Akpaloo

“Who do you serve?” Lanferelle asked. “Sir John Cornerwailled,” Hook said proudly. Lanferelle was pleased. “Sir John! Ah, there's a man. His mother must…

— Bernard Cornwell

“... Mr Jellyband was indeed a typical rural John Bull of those days --- the days when our prejudiced insularity was at its height,…

— Baroness Orczy

“John the Baptist wore rough clothes woven from camel's hair and a leather belt. He ate dried grasshoppers and wild honey from the trees.…

— Daniel Partner

But Jesus wanted the crowd to know, look, 'John's (the baptist) the one who got this whole thing started.' In verse ten He says,…

— Steven Furtick

“Each time that he uttered the word sir, in his voice which was so gently grave and polished, the man's face lighted up. Monsieur…

— Victor Hugo

“particularly when his people’s welfare was at stake. Now, feeling his gray eyes boring into hers, feeling the bridled power of the fingers wrapped…

— May McGoldrick

“Joseph said, ‘Beware of luxury and too much comfort, John. Avoid crowds and their approval. These things corrupt character. Doing makes a man, not…

— Brett Williams

“Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.”

— William Allen White