It is not pride when the beech-tree refuses to copy the oak. He knows his limitations. The only chance of any healthy life for him is to be as full a beech-tree as he can.
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable. - Phillips Brooks
No one ever fell under the burden of the day; it is only when the burden of tomorrow is added that the load becomes unbearable.
- Phillips Brooks
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything. - Phillips Brooks
As you emphasize your life, you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will … - Phillips Brooks
The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will …
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 b… - 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 b…
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. - Phillips Brooks
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God. - Phillips Brooks
The solution to sin is not to impose an ever-stricter code of behavior. It is to know God.
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he… - Phillips Brooks
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is he…
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not … - Phillips Brooks
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, then he does not …
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is… - Phillips Brooks
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is…
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