Thomas Secker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

He enjoys much who is thankful for little.
-- Thomas Secker

#Littles #Enjoy #Enjoyment
To do evil for good is human corruption; to do good for good is civil retribution; but to do good for evil is Christian perfection. Though this be not the grace of nature, it is the nature of grace.
-- Thomas Secker

#Forgiveness #Christian #Perfection
Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.
-- Thomas Secker

#Thinking #Forever #Firsts
To pray against temptation, and yet rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray they might not be burnt.
-- Thomas Secker

#Fire #Temptation #Might
Whoever would entitle himself after death through the merits of his Redeemer, to the noblest of rewards, let him serve God throughout life in this most excellent of all duties, doing good to our brethren. Whoever is sensible of his offences, let him take this way especially of evidencing his repentance.
-- Thomas Secker

#Charity #Rewards #Way
If you would not step into the harlot's house, do not go by the harlot's door.
-- Thomas Secker

#Doors #House #Steps

I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.
Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.
Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.
I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.
Don't worry about everything and really enjoy the moment.
If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
It's not about winning. It's the enjoyment of doing it - it gets your brain going.
Worship is God's enjoyment of us and our enjoyment of him.

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