Samuel Rutherford (Rev Prof Samuel Rutherford) Quotes

The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

Samuel Rutherford

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• I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

  

  Saint Augustine
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  • Lord
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• In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.

  

  Carice van Houten
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• The Lord has never spoken to me, but I feel Chick-fil-A has been His gift.

  

  Dan T. Cathy
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  • Feel
  • Gift

• I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.

  

  Saint Patrick
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• Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Me
  • Lord
  • Give

• Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping.

  

  Owen Glendower
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  • You
  • Lord

• So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • Soul
  • Speak
  • Lord

• If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Life
  • Men
  • Lord

• Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Lord
  • Theory
  • Correct

• Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to carry on intercession for all men.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Men
  • Earth
  • Jesus

• Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Nature
  • Human

• Our Lord's first obedience was to the will of his Father, not to the needs of men; the saving of men was the natural outcome of his obedience to the Father.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Men
  • Father
  • Lord

• We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for the accomplishment of this object, raised them up and inspired them to frame the Constitution of the United States

  

  Lorenzo Snow
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Men

• Our being edified at conference depends on us. It becomes necessary that we prepare our hearts to receive and profit by the suggestions that may be made by the speakers during the progress of the conference, which may be prompted by the Spirit of the Lord. I have thought, and still think, that our being edified does not so much depend upon the speaker as upon ourselves.

  

  Lorenzo Snow
  • Thinking
  • Heart
  • May

• We should try to learn the nature of [the spirit of revelation]. . . . This is the grand means that the Lord has provided for us, that we may know the light, and not be groveling continually in the dark.

  

  Lorenzo Snow
  • Trying
  • May
  • Nature

• But everybody there knew 'Lord of the Rings,' ... It's really amazing.

  

  Elijah Wood
  • Amazing
  • Lord
  • Rings

• The conversation of those who like to lord it over us is very disagreeable. But we should always be ready to graciously acknowledge the truth, no matter in what guise it comes to us.

  

  Madeleine de Souvre
  • Truth
  • Matter
  • Lord

• Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that all her dreams are sweet? Said now, would ya guide her on the roads, and make them softer for her feet? Hey Lord, would ya look out for her tonight, and make sure that she's gonna be alright, until she's home and here with me.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Home
  • She
  • Sweet

• Plagiarize! Plagiarize, Let no one else's work evade your eyes, Remember why the good Lord made your eyes, So don't shade your eyes, But plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize... Only be sure always to call it please "research".

  

  Tom Lehrer
  • Remember
  • Eye
  • Lord

• O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should be. May I never look at the other findings until I have come to my own true conclusions: May I care for the least of the young: and become aware of the one poem that each may have written; may I be aware of what each thing is, delighted with form, and wary of the false comparison; may I never use the word "brilliant."

  

  Theodore Roethke
  • Care
  • Teaching
  • Lord

• I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.

  

  Mike Weir
  • Kids
  • Winning
  • Golf

• The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

  

  Samuel Rutherford
  • Lord
  • Saints
  • Affliction