23 quotes
"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."
- George Herbert
Balance
"By all means use sometimes to be alone, Salute thyself; see what the soul doth wear."
- George Herbert
Self-awareness
"The best mirror is a true friend."
- George Herbert
Self-awareness
"The best mirror is an old friend."
- George Herbert
Relationships
"Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
- George Herbert
Motivation
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
- George Herbert
Self-confidence
"On Sunday heaven’s gates stand open"
- George Herbert
Faith
"Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command"
- George Herbert
Belief in Self
"He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven."
- George Herbert
Forgiveness
"Thursday comes, and the week’s gone"
- George Herbert
Change
"Thursday come[s], and the week is gone."
- George Herbert
Reflection
"Thursday comes, and the week’s gone."
- George Herbert
Reflection
"Thursday comes, and the week's gone."
- George Herbert
Reflection
"Every mile is two in winter."
- George Herbert
Reflection
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
- George Herbert
Education
"One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters."
- George Herbert
Education
"An old dog barks not in vain."
- George Herbert
Wisdom
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
- George Herbert
Taking Risks
"Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."
- George Herbert
Taking Risks
"O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one more thing-a grateful heart."
- George Herbert
Gratitude
"Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run."
- George Herbert
Service
"Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy."
- George Herbert
Self-improvement
"Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby."
- George Herbert
Honesty