74 Rebuke Quotes
Following is our list of rebuke quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about rebuke example.
Famous Rebuke Quotes
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you. — Bible Proverbs
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. — Sydney J. Harris
Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly. — Leonardo da Vinci
By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. — Proverbs
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. — Buddha
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults. — Socrates
It could be a sign of pride in your life if a word of reproof or admonition is not able to be received with the same grace, whether it be given by the poorest of saints or the most educated person. — John Bunyan
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. — Publilius Syrus
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him. — Al-Shafi‘i
Say nice things of your friend around others, chastise him face to face. — Moroccan Proverbs
To fight against pride, it is wise to surround ourselves with those who know us and love us enough to speak into our lives with words of correction and rebuke. — Paul Washer
The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. — Demosthenes
I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly. — Catherine II
I praise loudly, I blame softly. — Catherine II of Russia
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — Solomon
Short Rebuke Quotes
- A wise son responds to his father’s discipline, but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke. — Bible Proverbs
- Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. — Aesop
- Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive. — Seamus Heaney
- Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. — Proverbs
- The past is always a rebuke to the present. — Robert Penn Warren
- We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar. — Publilius Syrus
- Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments. — Proverbs
- England expects every man to do his duty — Horatio Nelson
- A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive — Sydney J. Harris
- Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures. — Lewis Thomas
Rebuke Death Quotes
When things are not going right, there are satanic forces in operation. What is my solution? To rebuke the condition of sin, death, disease, or whatever it is. I can pray in the Holy Ghost, and that prayer is effectual to bring down every stronghold of the enemy. — Smith Wigglesworth
Jesus defeated satan in Gethsemane on the cross, not by directly confronting the devil, but by fulfilling the destiny to which He had been called. The greatest battle that was ever won was accomplished by the apparent death of the victor, without even a word of rebuke to His adversary! — Francis Frangipane
The preacher who jests and jokes with his people all week will soon find that he cannot stand in his pulpit on Sunday with power to reprove, rebuke and exhort. He may be the life of the party but it will be the death of the prophet. — Vance Havner
Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's harbinger. — John Milton
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More Rebuke Quotes
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity. — Angela Merici
Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining. — Ibn Taymiyyah
No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins. — Frederick Douglass
The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous. — Moliere
It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer. — Aeschylus
preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. — Paul the Apostle
Reconciliation is not to be withheld when repentance—that is, deep, heart‐changing acknowledgement of sin and a radical redirection of life—takes place in the one being rebuked. Nor is reconciliation to be extended to someone who has not repented. — Dan B. Allender
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society. — Haim Ginott
Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage. — William Lloyd Garrison
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession. — Samuel Gompers
The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings. — John Locke
But I shall let the little I have learnt go forth into the day in order that someone better than I may guess the truth, and in his work may prove and rebuke my error. At this I shall rejoice that I was yet a means whereby this truth has come to light. — Albrecht Durer
We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully; and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor parley with your mistakes. — Charles Spurgeon
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. — Dalai Lama
If God is Love, He is, by definition, something more than mere kindness. And it appears, from all the records, that though He has often rebuked us and condemned us, He has never regarded us with contempt. He has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense. — C. S. Lewis
The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him. — John Hagee
If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at the conclusion of the rebuke, add some kind words. We must heal wounds, as the Samaritan did, with wine and oil. But as oil floats above all other liquors, so meekness should predominate in all our actions. — Alphonsus Liguori
Don't punish people who repent; heal them. I don't believe that private sin requires public rebuke or removal from office if repentance is taking place. However, when no evidence of true repentance exists, then discipline is in order. — Ted Haggard
Reprimand and rebuke should be accepted as healing remedies for vice and as conducive to good health. From this it is clear that those who pretend to be tolerant because they wish to flatter---those who thus fail to correct sinners---actually cause them to suffer supreme loss and plot the destruction of that life which is their true life. — Saint Basil
A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure. — Buddha
A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world. — Billy Graham
When the parish priest rebuked him for his celibacy, saying it would lead him into debaucheryand sin, hesaid that a man who had to be muzzled bya wife as a protection against debauchery was not worthy of the joy of innocence. After that people began to treat him with priestly respect. — Liam O'Flaherty
Because the Lord loves us He chastens and rebukes us. Modern sentimentality has reduced God to a tolerant indulgent grandfatherly being who winks at our transgressions. — Vance Havner
Because of Jesus' finished work of the cross, He will never be angry with you nor rebuke you even when you fail. — Joseph Prince
Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery. — Lewis Thomas
If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up. — Charles Spurgeon
[On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master. — Katharina Zell
The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires. — Booth Tarkington
If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there. — William Temple
Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future. — Jim Cymbala
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