Thee Quotes - Page 16

• Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.

  Margaret Fuller

  Prayer, Suffering, Ransom

  Margaret Fuller, James Freeman Clarke, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Henry Channing (1852). “Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli”, p.315

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• Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship 's gifts are priceless all.

  Theocritus

  Men, Looks, Priceless

  Theocritus (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)”, p.127, Delphi Classics

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• I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.

  Tibullus

  Night, Light, Sight

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• Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bayard Taylor (1950). “Faust, a tragedy”

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• And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Death, Hands, May

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “Prayers from Plymouth Pulpit”, p.295

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• May we feel after Thee; still calling out in the darkness, as children waking in the night call "Father," so may we call out for God; and, at times, even if we do not hear Thy voice, may there be the form of a hand resting upon us, and that shall be enough; for we shall take hold of it, though it be in the dark, and it shall guide us to the growing light; for the day shall come, and the release and triumph.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Children, Father, Dark

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• Set in this stormy Northern sea, Queen of these restless fields of tide, England! what shall men say of thee, Before whose feet the worlds divide?

  Oscar Wilde

  Queens, Men, Sea

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Poems and poems in prose”, p.136, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Trust in thine own untried capacity As thou wouldst trust in God himself. Thy soul Is but an emanation from the whole. Thou dost not dream what forces lie in thee, Vast and unfathomed as the grandest sea.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Confidence, Dream, Lying

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.567, Delphi Classics

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• Affirm the body, beautiful and whole,
  The earth-expression of immortal soul.
  
  Affirm the mind, the messenger of the hour,
  To speed between thee and the source of power.
  
  Affirm the spirit, the Eternal I -
  Of this great trinity no part deny.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Beautiful, Expression, Soul

  "New Thought Pastels" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, ("Affirm"), 1913.

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• Lust-bred diseases rot thee.

  John Donne

  Lust, Disease

  John Donne (2000). “The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.124, Modern Library

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• Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.

  Epictetus

  Sweet, Customs

  Epictetus (2015). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus”, p.82, Booklassic

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• Though I be shut in darkness, and become insentient dust blown idly here and there, I count oblivion a scant price to pay for having once had held against my lip life's brimming cup of hydromel and rue--for having once known woman's holy love and a child's kiss, and for a little space been boon companion to the Day and Night, Fed on the odors of the summer dawn, and folded in the beauty of the stars. Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, and serve the potter as he turns his wheel, I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich

  Life, Summer, Stars

  Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1970). “The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems”

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• Love! dearest, sweetest power! how much are we indebted to thee! How much superior are even thy miseries to the pleasures which arise from other sources!

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Love, Misery, Pleasure

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1915). “The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley: Containing Material Never Before Collected”

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• Swiftly walk o'er the western wave, Spirit of Night! Out of the misty eastern cave, Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joyand fear, Which make thee terrible and dear, Swift be thy flight!

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Dream, Night, Long

  'To Night'

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• If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Interesting, Disappointed, Ifs

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• Father, show me how to praise Thee When I seek Thy courts to-day; Guide me by Thy love, and raise me -- Let me feel the words I say. Bless me on this hallowed morning, Bid my soul to Thee draw near; Teach me, and my heart shall listen -- Speak, Lord, and Thy child shall hear.

  Sarah Doudney

  Morning, Children, Father

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• To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true.

  Matthew Arnold

  Heart, Granted

  Matthew Arnold (1857). “Poems ... A new edition”, p.185

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• Nose, nose, jolly red nose,And who gave thee that jolly red nose?Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;And they gave me this jolly red nose.

  Francis Beaumont

  Noses, Red, Ginger

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• O Heavenly Father, convert my religion from a name to a principle! Bring all my thoughts and movements into an habitual reference to Thee!

  Thomas Chalmers

  Father, Names, Principles

  Diary entry, March 14, 1812.

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• Shun delays, they breed remorse;Take thy time while time is lent thee;Creeping snails have weakest force,Fly their fault lest thou repent thee.Good is best when soonest wrought,Linger'd labours come to nought.

  Robert Southwell

  Delay, Faults, Force

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• There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Sweet, Regret, Grief

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1849). “Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus”, p.14

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• Let me follow in Thy footsteps, O Jesus ! I would imitate Thee, but cannot without the aid of Thy grace! O humble and lowly Saviour, grant me the knowledge of the true Christian, and that I may willingly despise myself; let me learn the lesson so incomprehensible to the mind of man, that I must die to myself by an abandonment that shall produce true humility.

  Francois Fenelon

  Christian, Jesus, Humble

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• O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it; and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee; and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake.

  Francois Fenelon

  Jesus, Heart, Giving

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• For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Grace, May

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 5, sc. 4, l. [161]

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• Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress. Act a charity sometimes. When a poor creature (outwardly and visibly such) comes before thee, do not stay to inquire whether the "seven small children," in whose name he implores thy assistance, have a veritable existence. Rake not into the bowels of unwelcome truth, to save a halfpenny. It is good to believe him.

  Charles Lamb

  Children, Believe, Names

  Charles Lamb (1840). “The essays of Elia”, p.75

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