Thomas Hooker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Prayer is my chief work, and it is by means of it that I carry on the rest.
-- Thomas Hooker

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When the father is going on in his journey, if the child will not goe on, but stands gaping upon vanity, and when the father calls, he comes not, the onely way is this: the father steps aside behind a bush, and then the child runs and cries, and if he gets his father againe, he forsakes all his trifles, and walkes on more faster and more cheerefully with his father than ever.
-- Thomas Hooker

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The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.
-- Thomas Hooker

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I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good.
-- Thomas Hooker

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Look whether it be indifferently, as well for sins secret as open, what you find to be your best cordials to comfort you, whether God's Word, or natural means.
-- Thomas Hooker

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Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places, till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.
All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.
Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.
The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.
The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.
The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament.
Liberty's chief foe is theology.
When we can say no not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.
No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.
The boomerang is Australia's chief export (and then import).

Thomas Hooker famous quotes

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