William Samuel Johnson quotes

William Samuel Johnson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Positive Quotes #Adversity Quotes #Mets Quotes
“I ... am endeavoring ... to attend to my own duty only as a Christian. ... let us take care that our Christianity, though put to the test ... be not shaken, and that our love for things really good wax not cold.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Christian Quotes #Our Love Quotes #Care Quotes
“It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

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“You this day, gentlemen, assume new characters, enter into new relations, and consequently incur new duties. You have, by the favor of Providence and the attention of your friends, received a public education, the purpose whereof hath been to qualify you the better to serve your Creator and your country.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Country Quotes #Character Quotes #Gentleman Quotes
“Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer. Let these be ever present to your minds, and exemplified in your lives and conduct.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Heaven Quotes #Mind Quotes #Firsts Quotes
“Remember...that you are redeemed of the Lord [Ephesians 1:7]-that you are bought with a price [1 Corinthians 6:20], even the inestimable price of the precious blood of the Son of God...Acquaint yourselves with Him in His word and holy ordinances.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Son Quotes #Blood Quotes #Ephesians Quotes
“Make Him your friend and protector and your felicity is secured both here and hereafter. And with respect to particular duties to Him, it is your happiness that you are well assured that he best serves his Maker, who does most good to his country and to mankind.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

#Country Quotes #Doe Quotes #Makers Quotes
“Imprint deep upon your minds the principles of piety towards God, and a reverence and fear of His holy name. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and its consummation is everlasting felicity. Possess yourselves of just and elevated notions of the Divine character, attributes, and administration, and of the end and dignity of your own immortal nature as it stands related to Him.”
-- William Samuel Johnson

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