Chantry Quotes

#1. Now go with me and with this holy man
Into the chantry by: there, before him,
And underneath that consecrated roof,
Plight me the full assurance of your faith.

William Shakespeare

#2. Wasn't it odd how children could be so fascinated by magic? It took them time and the lessons of the Chantry to learn real fear.

David Gaider

#3. The sinful emotions are stirred most deeply by self-love.

Walter J Chantry

#4. To cleave that sea [the Aegean] in the gentle autumnal season, murmuring the name of each islet, is to my mind the joy most apt to transport the heart of man into paradise.

Nikos Kazantzakis

#5. It is not enough to ask yourself, 'Does God's Word permit me to use these good things of the world?' You must also inquire, 'Will it serve the glory of God?'and, 'Will it edify my fellow Christians?'

Walter J Chantry

#6. The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.

George Whitefield

#7. The men laugh at the witty line, but it is not a belly laugh. Beasley's mouth is in a wide smile, but his eyes do not laugh, for there is little reason for joy. And if eyes are indeed mirrors of the soul, then they reflect an infinite sadness. I look away, afraid of what mine might reflect

Mumia Abu-Jamal

#8. The most important part of an introduction always occurs in one's absence.

Kate Zambreno

#9. It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we shall have no wounds to bind with Gospel bandages.

Walter J Chantry

#10. You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.

Marcus Buckingham

#11. Sometimes I hate him. When he does the dishes, he shakes off each one before setting it in the drying rack. Water flies everywhere. A couple of drops always hit me in the face. I have to leave the room to avoid smashing a plate against his head.

Tarryn Fisher

#12. Selfishness is the controlling force of sinful living. It is this motive which pulsates through the natural mind, emotions and will - self-pleasing, self-serving, living for self.

Walter J Chantry

#13. The church must seek to conquer not merely every man for Christ, but also the whole of man.

J. Gresham Machen

#14. Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.

J. Donald Walters

#15. I especially like it when a guy starts out rude, explains that it's a defense mechanism, and then turns even ruder once I get to know him.

Lena Dunham

#16. I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

Richard C. Armitage

#17. Design - that is, utility enhanced by significance - has become an essential aptitude for personal fulfillment and professional success

Daniel H. Pink

#18. Always stand by form against force.

John Ruskin

#19. There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mould of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.

Walter J Chantry

#20. Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures lost, it may seem hard and threatening. But when the cross is weighed in the balances with the glorious treasures to be had through it, even the cross seems sweet.

Walter J Chantry

#21. Self must be denied as to time and attention for prayer. All-prayer cannot be wielded without the expenditure of time. "A minute with God" seldom lays hold of Him. Sustained prayer is necessary. Such time may only be found by snatching it from personal pursuits, however legitimate they may be.

Walter J Chantry

#22. Calvinism that does not humble has missed its mark.

Walter J Chantry

#23. Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

Juliet Mills

#24. Not only is it not remarkable to be a single woman, there's no stigma attached. You see more and more women choosing to be single as well as happenstance.

Pepper Schwartz

#25. If you have never felt your soul poured out before the Lord with a consequent exhaustion, it is doubtful whether you have advanced far in the school of prayer.

Walter J Chantry

#26. Saddest of all God's creatures in the world is the religious person who has disciplined himself to outward obedience but who has no inward love to God.

Walter Chantry