“ The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it. ”
- Richard Cecil- Copy
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“ Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
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“ The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.'. ”
- Billy Graham- Copy
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“ The pope is becoming a missionary, you will say. Yes, the pope is becoming a missionary, which means a witness, a shepherd, an apostle on the move. ”
- Pope Paul VI- Copy
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“ If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. ”
- H.L. Mencken- Copy
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“ Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave every place worse than they found it. ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
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“ The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions. ”
- Isaac Newton- Copy
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“ The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions. ”
- John Newton- Copy
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“ Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ There are three things that are important in human life. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind. ”
- Henry James- Copy
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“ A man who is good enough to go to heaven is not good enough to be a clergyman. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us. ”
- John Selden- Copy
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“ That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation. ”
- Logan Pearsall Smith- Copy
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“ Every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music… ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Al Sharpton is much smarter and funnier than he can seem in a television context. He is a smart politician and political strategist. He can give you a extremely cogent wrap of the primary, for example… He is also a real preacher who actually believes in God, unlike many of the preachers in my denomination, the Episcopalians. ”
- Tucker Carlson- Copy
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“ Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974 Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will only do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when He called you; alone you had to answer that call; alone you had to struggle and pray; and alone you will die and give an account to God… ”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Copy
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“ Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist The law of Christ, which it is our duty to fulfill, is the bearing of the cross. Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear. ”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Copy
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“ The left and the right can do the same thing. The Net can do the same thing for racists as it did for the Dean campaign. Treating your readers not as readers but as participants is a really good way of creating community and getting supporters. ”
- David Weinberger- Copy
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“ I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed. ”
- Maya Angelou- Copy
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“ What a searching preacher of self-command is the varying phenomenon of health. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie! ”
- Ogden Nash- Copy
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