Author: Phillips Brooks

Quotes

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

- Phillips Brooks

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.

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.

- Phillips Brooks

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

- Phillips Brooks

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

- Phillips Brooks

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

- Phillips Brooks

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

- Phillips Brooks

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden.

- Phillips Brooks

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

- Phillips Brooks

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

- Phillips Brooks

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