Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookswas an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
cannot character continued decided except fail great quiet shall sorrow struggle supreme trembling wrestling
Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process.
goodness greatness vindicated
In him was vindicated the greatness of real goodness and the goodness of real greatness
greatness names quality
Greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.
inspirational greatness quality
Greatness is not so much a certain size as a certain quality in your life.
god greatness giving
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
men doe great-men
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
future human nature quality unless
Very stange is this quality of our human nature which decrees that unless we feel a future before us we do not live completely in the present.
hold life shalt thou
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;Death is strong, but Life is stronger;Stronger than the dark, the light;Stronger than the wrong, the right...
fighting winning live-your-life
Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battle, and that wins the crown.
christian jesus men
I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.
belongs felt gives god life man true
No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.
simply
Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end.
beyond bit effort good hold powers strengthen work
To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
existence helped
No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.