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“Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.”

Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

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The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

The book is a compilation of Lord Chesterfield's correspondence with his son, offering insights into his personal and philosophical views. It is preceded by a biography that provides background on the author's life. more

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Lord Chesterfield

British statesman known for his epistolary works, which had a profound impact on 18th-century British society. more

“It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other being would have condemned him at once as either a bloated egotist or a dangerously unbalanced person...when He said He himself would rise again from the dead, the third day after He was crucified, He said something that only a fool would dare say, if he expected longer the devotion of any disciples-unless He was sure He was going to rise. No founder of any world religion known to men ever dared say a thing like that!”

Ifs Men World Persons Said Jesus Christ Known Fool Jesus Christ Thirds Dare Expected Devotion Remarkable Founders Disciple Proceeding Unbalanced World Religions

Author:Wilbur Smith

“I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on that Easter Sunday were a public event which had been made known...not only to the 530 Jewish witnesses but to the entire population, all Jews would have become followers of Jesus.”

“The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith.”

Men Believe Whole God Problem Jesus Christ Son Jesus Christ Divinity Civilized

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.”

People Ifs Littles Persons Real Jesus Christ Prayer Feet Jesus Christ Bounds Imitation Formal Washing Presumption Imitating Trifling Who Jesus Is

Book:Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries

Source: Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries

“There was no identity crisis in the life of Jesus Christ. He knew who He was. He knew where He had come from, and why he was here. And he knew where He was going. And when you are that liberated, then you can serve.”

Jesus Christ Identity Jesus Christ Crisis Liberated Identity Crisis

Author:Howard G. Hendricks

“The Lord ate from a common bowl, and asked the disciples to sit on the grass. He washed their feet, with a towel wrapped around His waist - He, who is the Lord of the universe!”

Universe Jesus Christ Common Lord Feet Jesus Christ Grass Bowls Disciple Towels

Author:Clement of Alexandria

“You cannot go outside of A and Z in the realm of literature; likewise Christ Jesus is First and Last of God's new creation, and all that is in between; you cannot get outside of that.”

Firsts God Christian Lasts Literature Jesus Christ Lord Creation Jesus Christ Christian Inspirational Realms Firsts And Lasts

Author:Theodore Austin-Sparks

“God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.”

Way Jesus Christ Answers Son Jesus Christ Gods Will One Way

Book:The Finest of the Wheat, vol 1 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee

Source: The Finest of the Wheat, vol 1 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee

“Christianity is not a doctrine, not truth as truth, but the knowledge of a Person; it is knowing the Lord Jesus. You cannot be educated into being a Christian.”

Persons Christian Jesus Christ Christianity Lord Knowing Jesus Christ Doctrine Educated

Author:Theodore Austin-Sparks

“Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.”

Giving Perfection Aim Laziness Persevere Perfectionism Unattainable Despondency

Book:Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

Source: Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son

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