Challenges Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Preachers say: do as I say, not what I do”

— John Selden

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility.

— Timothy Radcliffe

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

— Anonymous

With all respect, I'm sure that we have enough preachers in the world. Through my way of writing, I was capable of being able…

— Curtis Mayfield

I don't think of myself as a preacher.

— Anita Bryant

“No truth calls louder for pastoral holiness than the link between a preacher’s character and a sermon’s reception. If”

— Bryan Chapell

We're not preachers, but we say, 'Let's try and change things.'

— Gary Rossington

I am growing more and more aware that all too often we preachers aim at nothing and hit it.

— Peter Marshall

Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.

— Richard Whately

“It is this that ruins churches, that you do not seek to hear sermons that touch the heart, but sermons that will delight your…

— John Chrysostom

You don't have to be a preacher to talk about what matters, and you don't have to drop the pleasures of style

— Rebecca Solnit

“Preachers who pride themselves on never giving a public invitation to be saved, never calling for a response of any kind, reveal not greater…

— James MacDonald