Thomas A Kempis Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Thomas A Kempis
Thomas A Kempis Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
2. Boast not thyself in thy riches if thou hast them, nor in thy friends if they be powerful, but in God, who giveth all things,
So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.
Satan leaves unbelievers and sinners alone because he already has them in his grip; he goes after believers who are faithful and devout.
You do not grow in holiness because of the praise you receive, nor do you become evil because of the blame poured upon you.
We shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived.
May not be your peace in the mouth of the men; since no matter if they thing good or bad about you, you should not be a different man because of that.
The more and better thou knowest, the more heavy will be thy judgment unless thy life be also more holy.
Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.
We feel and weigh soon enough what we suffer from others: but how much others suffer from us, of this we take no heed.
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
But why do we talk and gossip so continually, seeing that we so rarely resume our silence without some hurt done to our conscience?
If you wish to live in peace and harmony with others, you must learn to discipline yourself in many ways.
A man who truly knows himself realizes his own worthlessness, and takes no pleasure in the praises of men.
It is thy duty often times to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.
Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.
The more humble a man is in himself, and the more obedient towards God, the wiser will he be in all things, and the more shall his soul be at peace.
The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.
Without the way, there is no going; without the truth, there is no knowing; without the life, there is no living.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
For it is the grace of Christ, and not our own virtue, that gives us the power to overcome the flesh and the world.
Of what use is a long life, if we amend so little? Alas, a long life often adds to our sins rather than to our virtue!
He who would weigh well and rightly his own doings would not be the man to judge severely of another.
Do not read to satisfy curiosity or to pass the time, but study such things as move your heart to devotion.
The man who is not yet wholly dead to self, is soon tempted, and is overcome in small and trifling matters.