Quotes by 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)

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)

In Gods 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)

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated. (Frederick William Robertson)

It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions. (Frederick William Robertson)

It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. (Frederick William Robertson)

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits. (Frederick William Robertson)

Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations. (Frederick William Robertson)

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. (Frederick William Robertson)

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in Gods will. (Frederick William Robertson)