For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Isaac Watts More Quotes by Isaac Watts More Quotes From Isaac Watts What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended. Isaac Watts endurestrive Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them. Isaac Watts creditauthoritybelieve Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world. Isaac Watts human-naturegloryworld Was it for crimes that I had done Isaac Watts eastertreelove-is In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character; he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies. Isaac Watts wisecharactermen Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness. Isaac Watts degreespridereason Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give. Isaac Watts dear-lordlordgiving It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. Isaac Watts passionperfectmind There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. Isaac Watts painlandnight There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there. Isaac Watts flowerblowart The Fondness we have for Self, and the Relation which other Persons and Things have to ourselves, furnish us with another long Rank of Prejudices. Isaac Watts prejudiceselflong Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they. Isaac Watts sacrificefridayblood Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities. Isaac Watts sinsoulway Death, like an overflowing stream, Isaac Watts our-livesstreamsdream It was a saying of the ancients, "Truth lies in a well;" and to carry on this metaphor, we may justly say that logic does supply us with steps, whereby we may go down to reach the water. Isaac Watts doewaterlying In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do. Isaac Watts satanwould-behands I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie. Isaac Watts writingmaytrying No, I'll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust:-- My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just. Isaac Watts dustdyingdeath Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind. Isaac Watts mindtalkingbook Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession. Isaac Watts depthunderstandingtime
