Posterity preserves only what will pack into small compass. Jewels are handed down from age to age; less portable valuables disappear. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley More Quotes by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley More Quotes From Arthur Penrhyn Stanley We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley truth-is grain truth Every one of us knows how painful it is to be called by malicious names, to have his character undermined by false insinuations, to be overreached in a bargain, to be neglected by those who rise in life, to be thrust on one side by those who have stronger wills and stouter hearts. Every one knows, also, the pleasure of receiving a kind look, a warm greeting, a hand held out to help in distress, a difficulty solved, a higher hope revealed for this world or the next. By that pain and by that pleasure let us judge what we should do to others. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley pain kindness heart The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley greatness christian men The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley christian ordinary love The best antidote against evils of all kinds, against the evil thoughts that haunt the soul, against the needless perplexities which distract the conscience, is to keep hold of the good we have. Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words and prayers and deeds. Little doubts will not avail against great certainties. Fix your affections on things above, and then you will less and less be troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles of things on earth. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley temptation prayer evil I doubt if hard work, steadily and regularly carried on, ever yet hurt anybody. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley hurt doubt work You never get to the end of Christ's words. There is something in them always behind. They pass into proverbs--they pass into laws--they pass into doctrines--they pass into consolations; but they never pass away, and, after all the use that is made of them, they are still not exhausted. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley doctrine passing-away law The cross of Christ is the pledge to us that the deepest suffering may be the condition of the highest blessing; the sign, not of God's displeasure, but of His widest and most compassionate face. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley suffering blessing may I think in reality the Japanese have to make changes in monetary policy, otherwise we're still going to be dealing with some upward pressure on the yen against the dollar. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley dollars reality thinking God grant that as our horizon of duty is widened, our minds may widen with it; that as our burden is increased, our shoulders may be strengthened to bear it. God grant to us that spirit of wisdom and understanding, uprightness, and godly fear, without which, even in greatest things there is nothing; with which, even in the smallest things there is every thing. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley godly understanding mind Christianity is, above all other religions ever known, a religion of sacrifice. It is a religion founded on the greatest of all sacrifices, the sacrifice of the Incarnation, culminating in the sacrifice on Calvary. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley calvary sacrifice christianity Is there no reconciliation of some ancient quarrel, no payment of some long outstanding debt, no courtesy or love or honor to be rendered to those to whom it has long been due; no charitable, humble, kind, useful deed, by which you can promote the glory of God, or good-will among men, or peace upon earth? If there be any such, I beseech you, in God's name, in Christ's name, go and do it. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley humble names men The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley understanding heart jesus A happy marriage is a new beginning of life, a new starting point for happiness and usefulness. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley wedding marriage anniversary It is through the multitudinous mass of living human hearts, of human acts and words of love and truth, that the Christ of the first century has become the Christ of the nineteenth. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley heart christ firsts Blessed are they who, in the calm moments of retirement, of worship, of prayer, of silent waiting, have found that to "the weary and heavy laden " Christ can indeed give rest; that compared with the heavy bondage of the world or the exactions of human systems, His yoke indeed is easy, and His burden is light. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley blessed prayer retirement Give us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thoroughly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; the friend faithful and true, the adviser honest and fearless, the adversary just and chivalrous,-in such a one there is a fragment of the Rock of Ages. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley integrity friendship men Each one of us is bound to make the little circle in which he or she lives better and happier. Bound to see that out of that small circle the widest good may flow. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley circles community may Most people would succeed above themselves. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley succeed people In the long term, there are many factors that will help the luxury market, the creation of new wealth and the Asian tourist boom Arthur Penrhyn Stanley tourists luxury long
