Admonition Quotes

• He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.

  Francis Bacon

  Hands, Giving, Advice

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• It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

  Jeremiah Seed

  Fall, Snow, Mind

  Jeremiah Seed (1757). “Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London”, p.351

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• So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Jesus, Love You

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

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• Man is even as steel, the essence of which is hidden: through admonition and explanation, good counsel and education, that essence will be brought to light. If, however, he be allowed to remain in his original condition, the corrosion of lusts and appetites will effectively destroy him.

  Bahá'u'lláh

  Men, Light, Essence

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• Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.

  Plato

  Education, Years, Childhood

  Plato (2011). “Three Dialogues: Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias”, p.18, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.

  Dan Brown

  Faith, Believe, Simple

  "Angels and Demons". Book by Dan Brown, 2000.

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• Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

  Roger Chamberlain

  Storm, Friendly, Violent

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• Let no Christian parents fall into the delusion that Sunday School is intended to ease them of their personal duties. The first and most natural condition of things is for Christian parents to train up their own children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Children, Fall

  Charles Spurgeon (2015). “Select Works”, p.343, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

  Joseph Pilates

  Men, Greek, Mind

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• I'm not a prophet of doom, I'm a prophet of love. But love will bid a warning doom to the children who play on the freeway. We need to wake up.

  Keith Green

  Children, Play, Needs

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• Admonition never sinks so deeply on the heart as in the hour of trial; young, amiable as you are, life teems, I doubt not, with various blessings for you--blessings which you will know how to value properly, for early disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

  Regina Maria Roche

  Disappointment, Heart, Blessing

  Regina Maria Roche (1870). “The Children of the Abbey: A Tale”, p.120

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• It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still be found men, who object to the new constitution for deviating from a principle which has been found the bane of the old.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Men, Mind, Principles

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Barton Dawson (1864). “The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes”, p.94, New York : C. Scribner ; London : Sampson Low

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• Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Karma, Children, Father

  Joseph Cowley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (2014). “The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky: (Translated by Constance Garnett)”, p.547, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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• It is a fact that unless children are brought up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, they, and the society which they constitute or control, will go to destruction. Consequently, when a state resolves that religious instruction shall be banished from the schools and other literary institutions, it virtually resolves on self-destruction.

  Charles Hodge

  God, Education, Religious

  Charles Hodge (1871). “Systematic Theology”, p.353

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• How much more beautiful would be the world and the society in which we live if...every mother regarded her children as the jewels of her life, as gifts from the God of heaven, who is their Eternal Father, and brought them up in true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Beautiful, Mother, Children

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• My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain.

  Arthur Lydiard

  Athlete, Coaches, Strain

  Arthur Lydiard, Garth Gilmour (2000). “Running with Lydiard”, p.17, Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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• Jack Bogle's passionate cry of Enough! contains a thought-provoking litany of life lessons regarding our individual roles in commerce and society. Employing a seamless mix of personal anecdotes, hard evidence and all-too-often-underrated subjective admonitions, Bogle challenges each of us to aspire to become better members of our families, our professions and our communities.  Rarely do so few pages provoke so much thought.  Read this book.

  David F. Swensen

  Life Lesson, Book, Thought Provoking

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• The Zen Master warns: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!' This admonition points up that no meaning that comes from outside of ourselves is real. The Buddhahood of each of us has already been obtained. We need only recognize it. Philosophy, religion, patriotism, all are empty idols. The only meaning in our lives is what we each bring to them. Killing the Buddha on the road means destroying the hope that anything outside of ourselves can be out master. No one is any bigger than anyone else. There are no mothers or fathers for grown-ups, only sisters and brothers.

  Sheldon B. Kopp

  Mother, Brother, Father

  SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”

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• The best preservative to keep the mind in health is the faithful admonition of a friend.

  Francis Bacon

  Real, Faithful, Mind

  Francis Bacon (2016). “Essays”, p.64, Jazzybee Verlag

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• This whole process of education is to be religious, and not only religious, but Christian. And as Christianity is the only true religion, and God in Christ the only true God, the only possible means of profitable education is the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  Charles Hodge

  Christian, Religious, Mean

  Charles Hodge (1856). “A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians”, p.360

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• Everyone interested in licensing our field might note that the reason licensing has been invented is to protect the public, not designers or clients. 'Do no harm' is an admonition to doctors concerning their relationship to their patients, not to their fellow practitioners or the drug companies. If we were licensed, telling the truth might become more central to what we do.

  Milton Glaser

  Doctors, Design, Drug

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• Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Advice, Blunt

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• 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

  Pride, Grace, Saint

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• Homosexuality was invented by a straight world dealing with its own bisexuality. But finding this difficult, and preferring not toadmit it, it invented a pariah state, a leper colony for the incorrigible whose very existence, when tolerated openly, was admonition to all. We queers keep everyone straight as whores keep matrons virtuous.

  Kate Millett

  World, Homosexuality, States

  Kate Millett (2000). “Flying”, p.97, University of Illinois Press

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• To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

  Diogenes

  Friendship, Men, Should Have

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