All Quotes by Phillips Brooks
“The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.”
“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.”
“Happiness is the natural flower of duty.”
“Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.”
“Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.”
“Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, 'Christ is risen,' but 'I shall rise.'”
“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”
“O morning stars, together And peace to men on earth.”
“For greatness after all, in spite of its name, appears to be not so much a certain size as a certain quality in human lives. It may be present in lives whose range is very small.”
“O, do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks! Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.”
“Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.”
“The absence of sentimentalism in Christ's relations with men is what makes His tenderness so exquisitely touching.”
“Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants.”
“Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.”
“The worst thing about all this staining power of the world is the way in which we come to think of it as inevitable. ... It is not true. ... Social life is lighted up with the lustre of the white, unstained robes of many a pure man or woman who walks through its very midst.”
“They say the doctors and the nurses are least likely to catch the epidemic. If you have a friend who is dishonest or impure, the surest way to save yourself from him is to try to save him.”
“The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul full of music breaks the air, when the song of angels is sung.”
“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.”
“Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.”
“No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.”
“Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.”
“Happiness is the natural flower of duty.”
“Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.”