Austin Phelps Quotes

#1. Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

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#2. We never feel Christ to be a reality, until we feel Him to be a necessity.

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#3. Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.

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#4. Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

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#5. Are you living for the things you are praying for?

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#6. We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession.

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#7. Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

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#8. Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement - these are the martial virtues which must command success

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#9. The consciousness of Divine friendship in devotion, so far from being impaired, is deepened by holy veneration. The purest and most lasting human friendships are permeated with an element of reverence; much more this friendship of a man with God.

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#10. A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.

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#11. It has been said that no great work in literature or in science was ever wrought by a man who did not love solitude. We may lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often long alone with God.

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