"The best convent for a woman is the……" — Elizabeth Prentiss
"The best convent for a woman is the seclusion of her own home. There she may find her vocation and fight her battles, and there she may learn the reality and the earnestness of life."
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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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Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my…
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If the loss of your earthly fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss.
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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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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is…
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It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain…
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You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally…
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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
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Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam,…
— Annie Besant
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But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness,…
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This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world…
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a…
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