"If the loss of your earthly fortune gains……" — Elizabeth Prentiss
"If the loss of your earthly fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss."
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9 Quotes by Elizabeth Prentiss
Elizabeth Prentiss has 9 quotes on this site.
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The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.
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Go home and say to yourself, ‘I am a wayward, foolish child. But He loves me! I have disobeyed and…
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Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give - my heart, body, thoughts,…
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The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and…
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Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my…
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The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all…
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If you could once make up your mind never to undertake more work ... than you can carry on calmly,…
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We must be wise taskmasters and not require of ourselves what we cannot possibly perform. Recreation we must have. Otherwise,…
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