Lyman Abbott Quotes
Top 32 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lyman Abbott
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity. 
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained. 
God is in all nature; thank God for the scientists, for they are thinking the thoughts of God after him, whether they know it or not. 
It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life. 
Courage is caution overcome. 
All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth faith, hope, charity." 
We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned. 
Man puts manacles on his fellow-man; God never. 
I believe that God is the Great Companion, that we are not left orphans, that we may have comradeship with him. 
If you and I have not seen God, we cannot bear witness to God. 
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow. 
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest. 
The ideal of character always runs beyond the attainment. 
You, mother, are not responsible to set the whole world right; you are responsible only to make one pure, sacred, and divine household. 
Patience is passion tamed. 
Commerce is a form of warfare. 
Service makes men competent. 
Study how to do the most good and let the pay take care of itself. 
It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence. 
It is only by human experiences that we can interpret the Divine. 
The highest qualities of character ... must be earned. 
Every man's life is, consciously or unconsciously, a quest for the infinite and the eternal reality. 
A miracle constantly repeated becomes a process of nature.