James Sharp famous quotes

It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Surmounted difficulties not only teach, but hearten us in our future struggles.
-- James Sharp

#Struggle #Adversity #Blessing

Proverbs are, for the most part, rules of morals, and as such are often effective.
-- James Sharp

#Moral

All solitary enjoyments, quickly fall, or become painful, so that, perhaps, no more insufferable misery can be conceived than that which must follow incommunicable privileges. Only imagine a human being condemned to perpetual youth while all around him decay and die. O, how sincerely would he call upon death for deliverance!
-- James Sharp

#Fall #Decay #Privilege

It is in vain to expect any advantage from our profession of the truth, if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions.
-- James Sharp

#Principles #Our Actions #Honest

It is not every calamity that is a curse, and early adversity is often a blessing. Perhaps Madame de Maintenon would never have mounted a throne had not her cradle been rocked in a prison. Surmounted obstacles not only teach, but hearten us in our future struggles; for virtue must be learnt, though, unfortunately, some of the vices come as it were by inspiration.
-- James Sharp

#Struggle #Inspiration #Adversity

Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do winnow the corn, it is true, but it is to feed upon the chaff. I am sorry to add that they who are always speaking ill of others are also very apt to be doing ill to them. It requires some talent and some generosity to find out talent and generosity in others, though nothing but self-conceit and malice are needed to discover or to imagine faults. It is much easier for an ill-natured man than for a good-natured man to be smart and witty.
-- James Sharp

#Witty #Clever #Sorry

I would not cross the street to make a Baptist, but I would go round the world to make a Christian.
-- James Sharp

#Christian #Titles #Baptists

Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant feature of social life under a class system.

I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment.

Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.

Man has become great through struggle

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings.

Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books.

I don't believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats.

posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.

It is not arrogance to appreciate what Allah has blessed you with; arrogance is to ascribe those blessings to yourself.