Quotes of Frederick William Robertson - somelinesforyou

“ The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ A silent man is easily reputed wise. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Two thousand years ago there was One here on this earth who lived the grandest life that ever has been lived yet — a life that every thinking man, with deeper or shallower meaning, has agreed to call divine. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Men… are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then, it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ To recognize with delight all high and generous and beautiful actions; to find a joy even in seeing the good qualities of your bitterest opponents, and to admire those qualities even in those with whom you have least sympathy, this is the only spirit which can heal the love of slander and of calumny. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then, it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then, it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy; hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then, it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ We are too much haunted by ourselves; we project the central shadow of ourselves on everything around us. And then comes in the gospel to rescue us from this selfishness. Redemption is this — to forget self in God. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy; hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy; hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy; hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Men… are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. ”

- Frederick William Robertson

“ No one can be great, or good or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. ”

- Frederick William Robertson
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