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Frederick William Robertson quotes

English Clergyman February 3, 1816 – August 15, 1853

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Frederick William Robertson quote: "The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of..."
The one who will be found in trial capable of great acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate small ones. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a..."
Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. Frederick William Robertson
However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only..."
Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. Frederick William Robertson
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful. Frederick William Robertson
Two thousand years ago there was One here on this earth who lived the grandest life that ever has been lived yet - a life that every thinking man, with deeper or shallower meaning, has agreed to call divine. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the..."
No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. Frederick William Robertson
The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. Frederick William Robertson
In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it..."
Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of..."
Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should..."
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but..."
The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act..."
Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. Frederick William Robertson
Frederick William Robertson quote: "We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness."
We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness. Frederick William Robertson

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