Thou Hast Quotes Page 2

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of chance.

If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.

O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born;

as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!

The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can fill it. We pass our lives trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles. As Augustine said: Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee.

Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

O my God, how happy should I be to hear from Thy lips those words which Thou didst once address to Saint Thomas of Aquin: Thou hast spoken well of Me, Pierre!

Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild, stormy month! in praise of thee;

Yet though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to me. For thou, to northern lands, again The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined the gentle train And wear'st the gentle name of Spring.

Let me live according to those holy rules which Thou hast this day prescribed in Thy Holy Word...direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life. Bless, O Lord, all the people of this land.

Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor;

canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.

Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed;

and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

Should thoughts of self-praise, of self-satisfaction, occur to you, say: 'I myself am nothing; all that is good in me is accomplished by the grace of God.' What hast thou that thou didst not receive?' (I Cor. 4:7). 'Without Me ye can do nothing' (John 15:5).

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires -- how many aspirations after goodness and truth -- how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward our fellows, beautiful imaginings thou hast crushed under thy heel, without remorse or pause!

Hast thou attempted greatnesse? Then go on; Back-turning slackens resolution.

Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.

To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness.

Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and justice!

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others;

for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.

These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

I acknowledge Thee, Lord of heaven and earth, and praise Thee for my first rudiments of being, and my infancy, whereof I remember nothing; for Thou hast appointed that man should from others guess much as to himself; and believe much on the strength of weak females.

Tis not, to cry God mercy, or to sit And droop, or to confess that thou hast fail'd: 'Tis to bewail the sins thou didst commit: And not commit those sins thou hast bewail' d. He that bewails and not forsakes them too; Confesses rather what he means to do.

O God, the creature knows not to what end Thou hast made Him;

teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

Say not that thou hast royal blood in thy veins;

say not that thou art born of God if thou canst not prove thy pedigree by daring to be holy!

O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.

Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Most Glorious and eternal Majesty, Thou art righteous and holy in all thou dost to the sons of men, though thou hast suffered men to condemn Thy servant, Thy servant will not condemn Thee.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.