William DeVries famous quotes

Last updated: Jul 22, 2024

  • So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

  • When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

  • Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within.

  • Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the world between us We parted stiff and dry: 'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.' 'Fare well, I will,' said I. If e'er, where clover whitens The dead man's knoll, you pass, And no tall flower to meet you Starts in the trefoiled grass, Halt by the headstone shading The heart you have not stirred, And say the lad that loved you Was one that kept his word.

  • But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

  • His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.

  • A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

  • She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

  • There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

  • The greatness of every mighty organization embodying an idea in this world lies in the religious fanaticism and intolerance with which, fanatically convinced of its own right, it intolerantly imposes its will against all others.