Charles Simeon Quotes

#1. You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven.

Charles Simeon

#2. If I build own language... will be better because I always will end up making new words.

Deyth Banger

#3. Who are ye talkin' aboot?" said the voice, just at my elbow. "HOLY SHIT ON A FUCKING STICK!" I yelled, jumping as far to my left as I could, brandishing my weapon out in front of me.

Elle Casey

#4. Don't you ever think about that? What if this isn't the end and we just go on to a place even worse than this one?

Jasmine Warga

#5. The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

Charles Simeon

#6. I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.

Kassie DePaiva

#7. When he turns to go, the perfumer's

Anthony Doerr

#8. Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns

Charles Simeon

#9. I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

Charles Simeon

#10. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

Charles Simeon

#11. Morning in the city is not a real morning; morning of the shepherd, that is the real morning!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#12. Successful people replace the words "wish", "should" and "try" with "I will".

Brandi L. Bates

#13. However advanced a man may be in piety or age; he is still in danger of falling.

Charles Simeon

#14. Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

Saul Bellow

#15. Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

Charles Simeon

#16. Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

Charles Simeon

#17. Are you living just a little and calling that life?

Annie Dillard

#18. I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.

Dan Shechtman

#19. We shall do well ever to remember, that Christianity is not a mere speculative theory, that is to inform the mind; but a great practical lesson, to renew the heart, and to bring us back to the state from whence we are fallen.

Charles Simeon

#20. It's a moral problem that the government is making into criminals people, who may be doing something you and I don't approve of, but who are doing something that hurts nobody else.

Milton Friedman

#21. With this sweet hope of ultimate acceptance with God, I have always enjoyed much cheerfulness before men; but I have at the same time laboured incessantly to cultivate the deepest humiliation before God.

Charles Simeon

#22. The truth is not in the middle, and not in one extreme; but in both extremes.

Charles Simeon

#23. The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and look forward to a new year brimming with promise and peace.

Kirby Larson

#24. The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.

Charles Simeon

#25. I am a lover born to love each part and parcel of the universe with my deep intense emotions. I love to connect with the world and each connection enriches my existence as it blends in my identity.

Harshada Pathare

#26. Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.

Charles Simeon

#27. N truth, we don't know a whole lot of what Simeon North did. He did manage to match John Hall's ability to make interchangeable parts, but it's not clear how much of that came from Hall and how much was original with North.

Charles R. Morris

#28. I don't mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom.
It is a timeless spiritual truth: release attachment to outcomes,
deep inside yourself, you'll feel good no matter what.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#29. No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

Charles Simeon

#30. The times I am most frustrated in homeschooling is when I become focused more on my plans than His plans. I must spend more time daily looking up for his divine direction than I do looking down at my lesson plans.

Tamara L. Chilver