Home / Authors / Sam Shoemaker

Sam Shoemaker

Sam Shoemaker Quotes

Priest

Sam Shoemaker (1893-1963) was an American Episcopal priest, author, and evangelist who served as chaplain at Princeton University. He was closely associated with the Oxford Group movement and became known for his prolific Christian writings on spiritual growth and Christian living. His works influenced generations of American Christians during the mid-20th century spiritual revival.

Filter quotes by topic

All People Christian Christianity Faith Looks Religion Abiding Ancient Ancient History Argument

Famous Sam Shoemaker Quotes

“Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth praying for.”

Emotion Situation Trouble Praying Comfortable Gods Will

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Happiness is the sense that one matters. Happiness is an abiding enthusiasm. Happiness is single-mindedness. Happiness is whole-heartedness. Happiness is a by-product. Happiness is faith.”

Matter Whole Happiness Products Enthusiasm Abiding Single Mindedness

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.”

May Religion Prayer Prayer Changes Things

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Everybody has a problem, is a problem, or lives with a problem.”

Book:Steps to a new beginning

Source: Steps to a new beginning

“The rise of statism in our time is the natural result of the longing of godless, unchurched people for some kind of protection. When we lose to God we turn to what looks like the next most powerful thing, which is the state. How bad a choice that is, let Germany and Russia in recent years testify.”

People Years Looks Kind States Turns Choices Next Loses Natural Results Powerful Kindness Longing Protection Russia Our Time Germany Most Powerful

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“We tend to find what we look for in other people.”

People Looks Inspiration

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“The test of a man's conversion is whether he has enough Christianity to get it to other people. If he hasn't, there is something wrong.”

People Ifs Men Enough Religion Christianity Tests Conversion

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Most people are brought to faith in Christ not by argument for it but by exposure to it.”

People Faith Christ Argument Exposure

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events?”

Christianity Events Ancient Currents Current Events Ancient History

Author:Sam Shoemaker

“Let us face at the outset how many Christians are not victorious, but defeated. Defeated by circumstances, defeated by other peoples? natures and wrong-doings, defeated by the down-drag of the flesh, defeated by loss, by pain, by suffering, by worry. Instead of saying with confidence, ?This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith?, they have to say in honesty, ?This is the defeat that has been caused by the world, even our self-centeredness.? That is the opposite of faith. Unbelief is not the opposite of faith; self-centeredness is ? being centered in self rather than in God.”

“The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy.”

Christian Joy Mark

Author:Sam Shoemaker

About the Author

Born: 1893
Died: 1963
Known for: Priest
Quotes: 11

Related Topics

People Christian Christianity Faith Looks Religion Abiding Ancient Ancient History Argument

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Steps to a new beginningRelated source material

Similar Authors

Leonard RavenhillBrowse related quotes
Aiden Wilson TozerBrowse related quotes
Billy GrahamBrowse related quotes
Rick WarrenBrowse related quotes
Mark RyanBrowse related quotes
Martin LutherBrowse related quotes
Peter ForsythBrowse related quotes
Pope Benedict XVIBrowse related quotes
Dewi MorganBrowse related quotes
Charles R. SwindollBrowse related quotes