Frances Havergal Quotes

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Do what Thou wilt! Yes, only do
What seemeth good to Thee;
Thou art so loving, wise, and true,
It must be best for me. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Teach us, Master, how to give
All we have and are to Thee;
Grant us, Saviour, while we live,
Wholly, only Thine to be. — Frances Ridley Havergal

A great deal of living must go to a very little writing. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail. — Frances Ridley Havergal

No life can be dreary when work is delight. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Love understands love; it needs no talk. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Take my will, and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear. — Frances Ridley Havergal

Oh to be my verse an answering gleam from higher radiance caught — Frances Ridley Havergal

We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author — Frances Ridley Havergal

Seldom can the heart be lonely,
If it seek a lonelier still;
Self-forgetting, seeking only
Emptier cups of love to fill. — Frances Ridley Havergal