There's a Chaplain who never visited the front. — Kurt Vonnegut
He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain. — John Ray
The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice. — Douglas MacArthur
Prayer guards hearts and minds and causes God to bring peace out of chaos — Beth Moore
A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live. — Voltaire
Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy... Don't hedge! Time flies! ... Enlist! — Charles Studd
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. — Rumi
A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer. — John Climacus
A Time For Prayer "In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." -Rudyard Kipling — Rudyard Kipling
If you are ever inclined to pray for a missionary, do it at once, where ever you are. Perhaps he may be in great peril at that moment. — Amy Carmichael
The priest is in one place, and his robe in another — Greek Proverbs
To the servant of God... every place is the right place, and every time is the right time. — St. Catherine of Siena
Wherever God erects a house of prayer
the Devil always builds a chapel there;
And 't will be found, upon examination,
the latter has the largest congregation. — Daniel Defoe
You see, I was the son of a baptist minister. — DeForest Kelley
Short Chaplain Quotes
A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen. — Diane Johnson
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. — Gene Roddenberry
The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. — James Madison
You don't have to let yourself be terrorized by other people's expectations of you. — Sue Thoele
I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister. — John Green
A chaplain's assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army. — Kurt Vonnegut
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Chapel Quotes
I am proud to find, from two astronomical observations, that Chapel Hill lies right in the orbit of Jupiter and his satellites, and that the period of his revolution is about twelve years. — William Hooper
My friends, it is one thing to go to church or chapel; it is quite another thing to go to God. — Charles Spurgeon
Why build a zoo when we can just put up a fence around Chapel Hill? — Jesse Helms
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real. — Gianni Versace
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. — Russell Banks
No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread. — M. F. K. Fisher
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell. — Charles Studd
If God dislikes gays so much, how come he picked Michelangelo, a known homosexual, to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling while assigning Anita Bryant to go on television and push orange juice? — Mike Royko
Today there are very few chefs at that high level who are behind their stoves. You don't feel their presence within the room. Where's the romance? Where's the show? Where's the theater? The modern day restaurant - it's like dining in a chapel. It's boring. — Marco Pierre White
What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! — Charles Darwin
The sermon was based on what he claimed was a well-known fact, that there were no Atheists in foxholes. I asked Jack what he thought of the sermon afterwards, and he said, "There's a Chaplain who never visited the front. — Kurt Vonnegut
...several of the first presidents, including Jefferson and Madison, generally refused to issue public prayers, despite importunings to do so. Under pressure, Madison relented in the War Of 1812, but held to his belief that chaplains shouldn't be appointed to the military or be allowed to open Congress. — James Madison
It is a Constitution that morphs while you look at it like Plasticman.... That is contrary to our whole tradition, to in God we trust on the coins, to Thanksgiving proclamations, to (Congressional) chaplains, to tax exemption for places of worship, which has always existed in America. — Antonin Scalia
Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet is worse, more servile, timorous and fawning than any I have named. — William Congreve
The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country. — Sam Levenson
Most people do not realize that there was a paid chaplain in Congress even before the Revolutionary War ended. — Francis Schaeffer
It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state. — Shane Claiborne
The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country. — Lord Denning
The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As occupations go, only mind readers in Los Angeles have fewer things to do all day. — Argus Hamilton
Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency. — Orrin Hatch
The Governor was strong upon
The Regulation Act:
The Doctor said that Death was but
A scientific fact:
And twice a day the Chaplain called,
And left a little tract. — Oscar Wilde
An atheist chaplain would be the perfect vehicle for convincing wounded warriors that they should end their lives because there's nothing in the future and there's nothing now, so why not just save money and kill themselves. — Gordon Klingenschmitt
Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security. — Calvin Coolidge
Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each regiment, see that the men regularly attend during worship. Gaming of every kind is expressly forbidden, as being the foundation of evil, and the cause of many a brave and gallant officer's and soldier's ruin. — George Washington
To morrow being the day set apart by the Honorable Congress for public Thanksgiving and Praise; and duty calling us devoutely to express our grateful acknowledgements to God for the manifold blessings he has granted us. The General directs that the army remain in its present quarters, and that the Chaplains perform divine service with their several Corps and brigades. And earnestly exhorts, all officers and soldiers, whose absence is not indispensibly necessary, to attend with reverence the solemnities of the day. — George Washington
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't. — Gene Roddenberry
Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale? someone asked the chaplain. No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country. — Edward Everett Hale
The Southern Baptist Convention, as you know, decided in the year 2000 that women should not be permitted to be pastors or deacons or chaplains in the military service. Some Southern Baptist seminaries don't even permit women to teach male students. I don't agree with that. But they can go in and quote a few passages of Paul that women should be restricted in their services. — Jimmy Carter
We need French chaplains and imams, French-speaking, who learn French, who love France. And who adhere to its values. And also French financing. — Manuel Valls
When I was 14 a chaplain at school gave me a reading list. I read everything and I went back to him with a question: how can you really believe in this stuff? — A.C. Grayling
I don't think ministering requires a religious context. The number one thing is that every parent is extremely worried about their kid. Of course, when a chaplain shows up, that can exacerbate this worry rather than calm it. — John Green
The U.S. Army has recently removed the cross from the insignia worn by chaplains. In its place is a sun with its rays, symbolizing the divine in all things. — Chris Murray
A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War--Mars. As such, he is as incongruous as a musket would be on the altar at Christmas. Why, then, is he there? Because he indirectly subserves the purpose attested by the cannon; because too he lends the sanction of the religion of the meek to that which practically is the abrogation of everything but brute Force. — Herman Melville
Communism, being the lay form of Catholicism, and indeed meaning the same thing, has never had any lack of chaplains. — George Bernard Shaw
The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country. — Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
You know what, citizens? If you don't have a gun - I'm telling you as a Christian chaplain - sell your clothes, and buy a gun. It's time! The government persecution will be coming against you, and you needs to arm yourselves. — Gordon Klingenschmitt
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