Clergymen Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.

— Samuel Richardson

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

— Voltaire

The worst that one can say of the Christian clergyman today is that he actually believes what he teaches.

— Chapman Cohen

As a good Christian should consider every place as holy, because God is there, so he should look upon every part of his life…

— William Law

I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain.

— Samuel Johnson

“I miss the honor of serving as a parish pastor. There is nothing quite like it. The most challenging aspect of the job is…

— Matthew C. Harrison

Among our own people also the church sorely needs clergy in close touch with the ordinary life of the laity, living the life of…

— Roland Allen

“Fred dislikes the idea going into the ministry partly because he doesn't like "feeling obligated to look serious", and he centers his doubts on…

— George Eliot

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman.

— Samuel Johnson

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

— Samuel Johnson

What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save them…

— H. L. Mencken