Christian Quote by Isaac of Nineveh

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

— Elizabeth I

In the measure to which a man cuts off and humbles his own will, he proceeds toward success. But insofar as he stubbornly guards…

— Ephrem the Syrian

Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility…

— Jim Perrin

He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves…

— William Hazlitt

Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his salvation, he…

— Martin Luther

To make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power.

— Roland Barthes

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

— Dwight L. Moody

The frequent employment of one's will power masters all organs of movement and trains them to perform feats which otherwise would have been difficult,painful…

— George Hackenschmidt

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“One's own duty, though devoid of merit, is preferable to the duty of another well performed. Even death in the performance of one's own…

— Gita Press

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow…

— William Arthur Ward

“(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has led him…

— Paul Brunton