Phillips Brooks

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#prayer #inspirational

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#be patient #life #life is too short #malicious #patient

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#every #every man #god #life #like

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#even #face #helps #like #music

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

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