Thy Quotes

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.

Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.

God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.

My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

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.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?

Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

It came from God, and so is Christ true, and Christ is thy God, who is in heaven and awaits thee.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.