Clergymen Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Clergymen Enough Good enough Heaven Men Not good enough Preacher Preaching
A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
CLERGYMAN, n. A man who undertakes the management of our spiritual affairs as a method of better his temporal ones. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart. — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“A man can have no greater honour than to be accepted by God as an able Minister of the gospel” — Obameso Sunkanmi Copy Share Image
For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever… — Robert South Copy Share Image
The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches. — Chapman Cohen Copy Share Image
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church. — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked,… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
“All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, — all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted. But Christian clergymen are well aware that if they were to attempt to… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share
I believe in an America where the rights that I have described are enjoyed by all, regardless of their race or their creed or their national origin - where every citizen is free to think and speak as he pleases and write and worship as he pleases - and where every citizen is free to vote as he pleases, without… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share
I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival ... all thought the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share
The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified. — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
One person I do feel a little sorry for, though, is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important clergyman in Britain and he's only got two lousy palaces to live in. What sort of life is that for a man of God? I bet if Jesus came back, even he'd be embarrassed for him; I bet he wouldn't be able… — Pat Condell Copy Share
Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I liked the thought of being a country clergyman. Accordingly I read with care Pearson on the Creed and a few other books on… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
