“And so the blasts of calumny, howl they ever so fiercely over the good man's head, contribute to his juster appreciation and to his wider fame. Preserve only a good conscience toward God, and a loving purpose toward your fellow men, and you need not wince nor tremble, though the pack of the spaniel-hearted hounds snarl at your heels.” MenNeedsPurposeFameConscienceFellowsAppreciationPreservesGood ManHeelsPacksFellow ManHeartedBlastHowlHoundsCalumnyWinceSpaniels Book:Lectures and Sermons Source: Lectures and Sermons
“Young men, you who have any piety at all, what sort is it? Is it a hot-house plant, which must be framed and glassed, lest March, that bold young fellow, should shake the life out.of it in his rough play among the flowers? or is it a hardy shrub, which rejoices when the wild winds course along the heather or howl above the crest of Lebanon ' We need, believe me, the bravery of godliness to bear true witness for our Master now.” MenNeedsShouldBelievePlayYoungCoursesHouseWindFlowerMastersBearsBraveryHotFellowsPlantWitnessYoung ManShakesMarchRoughRejoiceBelieve In MePietyGodlinessHowlFramedHardyLebanonShrubsHeathers Book:Lectures and Sermons Source: Lectures and Sermons
“Young men, terminate, I beseech you, in your own experience, the sad divorce which has too often existed between intellect and piety. Take your stand, unswerving, heroic, by the altar of truth; and from that altar let neither sophistry nor ridicule expel you. Let your faith rest with a child's trust, with a martyr's grip, upon the truth as it is in Jesus.” MenChildrenYoungJesusDivorceIntellectYoung ManHeroicRidiculeMartyrAltarsPietySophistry Book:John Bunyan, a lecture Source: John Bunyan, a lecture
“Let a man be firmly principled in his religion, he may travel from the tropics to the poles, it will never catch cold on the journey.” MenMayJourneyColdPrincipledTropics Book:Lectures and Sermons Source: Lectures and Sermons
“All the world over it is true that a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways, like a wave on the streamlet, tossed hither and thither with every eddy of its tide. A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success.” MenWorldWayPurposeConditionsWaveOver ItPurpose Of LifeSteadyTidesIndispensableDisadvantagesUnstableDouble Minded Author:William Morley Punshon