Quotes by Phillips Brooks

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. (Phillips Brooks)

As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything. (Phillips Brooks)

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be Gods Paradise. (Phillips Brooks)

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. (Phillips Brooks)

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week. (Phillips Brooks)

Call your opinions your creed, and you will change them every week. Make your creed simply and broadly out of the revelation of God, and you will keep it to the end. (Phillips Brooks)

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. (Phillips Brooks)

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. (Phillips Brooks)

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. (Phillips Brooks)

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. (Phillips Brooks)