Thee Quotes - Page 39

• Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  War, Solitude, Guides

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1816). “Alastor, or The spirit of solitude, &c., ed. by H.B. Forman”, p.43

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• O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.

  Rabia Basri

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Religion

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• When on life's journey it becomes our lot to travel with criticism of skeptics, the hate of some, the rejection of others, the impatience of many, or a friend's betrayal, we must be able to pray in such a manner that an abiding faith and a strong testimony that the Lord will be with us to the end, will compel us to say, "Nevertheless, Father, Thy will be done, and with Thy help, in patience I will follow firmly on the path that takes me back to Thee."

  Angel Abrea

  Life, Faith, Strong

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• Welcome, wild harbinger of spring!
  To this small nook of earth;
  Feeling and fancy fondly cling,
  Round thoughts which owe their birth,
  To thee, and to the humble spot,
  Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

  Bernard Barton

  Spring, Humble, Feelings

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• And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons.

  John E. Hines

  Prayer, Humility, Forgiving

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• Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Gratitude, Appreciation

  "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius, Book IV, (48), (c. 161 - 180 AD).

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• I dare not ask a kiss;
  I dare not beg a smile;
  Lest having that or this,
  I might grow proud the while.
  No, no, the utmost share
  Of my desire shall be
  Only to kiss that air,
  That lately kissed thee.

  Robert Herrick

  Kissing, Air, Desire

  Robert Herrick (1852). “Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine”, p.64

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• I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Fifty, Way

  1599-1600 Touchstone. AsYou Like It, act 5, sc.1, l.51-6.

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• If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If, never leaving Thee, we have no need Our wandering spirits back again to lead Into Thy presence, but continued there Like angels standing on the highest stair Of the Sapphire Throne: this were to pray indeed!

  Richard Chenevix Trench

  Prayer, Angel, Long

  Richard Chenevix Trench (1838). “Sabbation: Honor Neale : and Other Poems”, p.168

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• Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's strategems against prayer are three. First, if he can, he will keep thee from prayer. If that be not feasible, secondly, he will strive to interrupt thee in prayer. And, thirdly, if that plot takes not, he will labour to hinder the success of thy prayer.

  William Gurnall

  Prayer, Plot, Three

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• Furnish thyself with arguments from the promises to enforce thy prayers, and make them prevalent with God. The promises are the ground of faith, and faith, when strengthened, will make thee fervent, and such fervency ever speeds and returns with victory out of the field of prayer. The mightier any is in the Word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.

  William Gurnall

  Prayer, Promise, Victory

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• There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence."

  Ole Hallesby

  Prayer, May, Praying

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• If thou remeber'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not lov'd

  William Shakespeare

  Running, Love You, You Like It

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 4, l. [34]

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• What made me love thee? let that persuade thee, there's something extraordinary in thee

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Made, Extraordinary

  William Shakespeare (1767). “The Works of Shakespeare: Twelfth-night; or, What you will. The merry wives of Windsor. The taming of the shrew. The comedy of errors”, p.123

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• I love thee; none but thee, and thou deservest it

  William Shakespeare

  Love You

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, Alexander Pope, Edward Capell (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Merry wives of Windsor. Troilus and Cressida”, p.123

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• By Heaven, I love thee better than myself

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Heaven, Self Love

  William Shakespeare, Thomas Bowdler (1818). “The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added to the Original Text; But Those Words and Expressions are Omitted which Cannot with Propriety be Read Aloud in a Family”, p.97

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• I love thee, and it is my love that speaks

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Speak

  William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1825). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Measure for measure ; Love's labour's lost ; Merchant of Venice”, p.200

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• Ere I could make thee open thy white hand, and clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, I am your's for ever!

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, White, Hands

  William Shakespeare (1829). “Dramatic Works: Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone”, p.243

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• The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not."

  Hudson Taylor

  Prayer, Disappointment, Grace

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• As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee. As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee.

  Charles Lamb

  Sweet, Stars, Prayer

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• Sweet Spirit, grant us the faith to resist our resistance to Thee!

  James Melvin Washington

  Sweet, Resistance, Spirit

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• When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea.

  Ernst Gottlieb Baron

  Stars, Eye, Sunset

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• Keep thy smooth words and juggling homilies for those who know thee not.

  Lord Byron

  Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Smooth

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1326, Delphi Classics

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• It strikes! one, two, Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch, Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest; Would thou could'st make the time to do so too; I'll wind thee up no more.

  Ben Jonson

  Time, Sleep, Wind

  Ben Jonson (1756). “Works: Collated with All the Former Editions, and Corrected with Notes Critical and Explanatory”, p.134

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• Have I caught thee, my heavenly jewel? Why, now let
  me die, for I have lived long enough.

  William Shakespeare

  Love You, Jewels, Long

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.48

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