Quotes about men
men giving zealous
A zealous man feels that like a lamp he is made to burn; and if consumed in burning, he has but done the work for which God appointed him. Such a one will always find a sphere for his zeal. If he cannot preach and work and give money, he will cry and sigh and pray. J. C. Ryle
men people faithful
The minister who keeps back hell from his people in his sermons is neither a faithful nor a charitable man.
men heaven wish
A converted man will not wish to go to heaven alone
men evil departure
Troublous times, departures from the faith, evil men waxing worse and worse, love waxing cold, are things distinctly predicted.
men ruins principles
Let it be a settled principle ...that men's salvation, if saved, is wholly of God; and that man's ruin, if lost, is wholly of himself.
men may election
But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this: that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives.
men drawing house
There is but one fountain of comfort for a man drawing near to his end, and that is the Bible. ...All comfort from any other source is a house built upon sand.
men thinking light
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not know what others may think - but to me it does seem clear that Heaven would be a miserable place to an unholy man. It cannot be otherwise. People may say in a vague way, that they "hope to go to Heaven, but they do not consider what they say. There must be a certain "fitness for the inheritance of the saints in light.
men breathing world
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of men and women when they are born again is praying.
men heaven world
According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.
men redemption holiness
If men come among you who do NOT preach all the counsel of God, who do NOT preach of Christ, sin, holiness, of ruin, redemption, and regeneration, and do NOT preach of these things in a Scriptural way, you ought to cease to hear them.
men creation said
It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, "Let us make man". It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, "Let us save man".
men gone unjust
If Christ had not gone to the cross and suffered in our stead, the just for the unjust, there would not have been a spark of hope for us. There would have been a mighty gulf between ourselves and God, which no man ever could have passed.
men winning heaven
Conversion is not putting a man in an armchair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.
men judgment christ
Better to confess Christ 1000 times now and be despised by men, than be disowned by Christ before God on the day of Judgment.
men treasure digging
We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.
men heaven selfishness
The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.
men genius talent
A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man. Isaac Stern
men thinking order
The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God. But he is confronted by two awkward facts; first, that the competent do not need his assistance; and second, that the majority of people positively do not want to be "done good" by the humanitarian. Of course, what the humanitarian actually proposes is that he shall do what he thinks is good for everybody. It is at this point that the humanitarian sets up the guillotine.
men mind lovely
Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life. Isaac Watts
men garden substance
The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.
men two rocks
Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.
men other-worlds holiness
Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.
men taught-us justice
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
men drs mathematics
No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks. Isaac Newton
men office humanity
Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
men self grace
The other part of the true religion is our duty to man. We must love our neighbour as our selves, we must be charitable to all men for charity is the greatest of graces, greater then even faith or hope & covers a multitude of sins. We must be righteous & do to all men as we would they should do to us.
men design curiosity
The folly of Interpreters has been, to foretell times and things by this Prophecy, as if God designed to make them Prophets. By this rashness they have not only exposed themselves, but brought the Prophecy also into contempt. The design of God was much otherwise. He gave this and the Prophecies of the Old Testament, not to gratify men's curiosities by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and his own Providence, not the Interpreters, be then manifested thereby to the world.
men attention body
OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.
men earning slave
When a man's earning his living doing things he doesn't like, he feels like a slave; when he's doing what he loves, he feels like a prince. Isabel Allende
men gestures speak
I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason.
men balance world
Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men.
men people answers
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.