Compromise Quote by Charles Spurgeon

There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou…

— Saint Augustine

For where thou art, there is the world itself, With every several pleasure in the world, And where thou art not, desolation.

— William Shakespeare

“The world is seeking for happiness. That is the meaning of its pleasure mania, that is the meaning of everything men and women do,…

— D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

— Marcus Aurelius

“There is a joy possible in this life, he [the apostle John] says. Your joy can be full in this world, and it is…

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

True happiness is not found in any other reward than that of being united with God. If I seek some other reward besides God…

— Thomas Merton

If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!

— Hafez

This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all th'ethereal…

— John Milton

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure…

— Shantideva

Thou hast put me in this world for something, Lord; show me what that is, and help me to work out my life-purpose: I…

— Charles Spurgeon

If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our lives with…

— Richard J. Foster