Quotes of Risen - somelinesforyou

“ God is dead, but fifty thousand social workers have risen to take his place. ”

- J.D. McCoughey

“ A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Our triumphant holy day; Who did once upon the cross Suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah! ”

- Latin Hymn of the 15th century

“ Awake, thou wintry earth — Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! Christ is risen. ”

- Thomas Blackburn

“ Christ the Lord is risen today, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. ”

- Charles Wesley

“ It is by no haphazard chance that in every age men have risen early to pray. The first thing that marks decline in spiritual life is our relationship to the early morning. ”

- Oswald Chambers

“ No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself. ”

- Woodrow T. Wilson

“ You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed. ”

- Frederick Douglas

“ He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ”

- George Eliot

“ No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library… When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. ”

- Lawrence Clark Powell
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