"Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain……" — Thomas Boston
"Good education is not regeneration. Education may chain up men's lusts, but cannot change their hearts."
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33 Quotes by Thomas Boston
Thomas Boston has 33 quotes on this site.
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Let the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may be easily dropped when death comes to…
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Go where thou wilt, thou canst not go out of thy Father's ground.
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Faith is the soul going out of itself for all its wants.
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What an honourable thing is it to be fishers of men! How great an honour shouldst thou esteem it, to…
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O what hardness of heart mayst thou see in every corner whither thou goest, and where thou preachest, most part…
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The regenerate man's desires are rectified; they are set on God himself, and the things above... Before, he saw no…
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If a man be new-born, he will desire the sincere milk of the word.
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In regeneration, the mind is enlightened in the knowledge of spiritual things... The will is renewed... The will is cured…
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It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not…
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Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are…
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Again, the glory of one attribute is more seen in one work than in another: in some things there is…
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Affliction doth not rise out of the dust or come to men by chance; but it is the Lord that…
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride…
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In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.
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You cannot change reality, but you can control the manner in which you look at things. Your attitude is under…
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In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, it's what's under the ground that creates what's above…
— T. Harv Eker
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When you then establish the law that says you can't discriminate against people who are homosexual, what you're really saying…
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God cannot change for the better, for He is already perfect; and being perfect, He cannot change for the worse.
— Arthur W. Pink
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I just wanna build momentum again. Keeping yourself in work is one thing, keeping yourself in good work's another. But…
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You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.
— Abdul Kalam
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One person cannot change the world. But you can become the world for someone. A warm, bright, and peaceful world.…
— Enrique Iglesias
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According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that.…
— Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the…
— Richard North Patterson
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Because life is short but sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue These…
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