Preaching quotes
70 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing."
"He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too."
"If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride."
"Do as we say, and not as we do. [Lat., Faites ce que nous disons, et ne faites pas ce que nous faisons.]"
"True preaching is the sweating of blood."
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"I believe in preaching to the converted; for I have generally found that the converted do not understand their own religion."
"He preaches well that lives well"
"I would not have preachers torment their hearers, and detain them with long and tedious preaching."
"Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on."
"The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance."
"One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived."
"Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis."
"There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point."
"So instead of getting to Heaven, at last - I’m going, all along."
"Let us preach you, Dear Jesus, without preaching.... not by words but by our example."
"Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction."
"Evangelistic preaching is what Daddy does, I never thought I would."
"I have grounded my preaching upon the literal word; he that pleases may follow me; he that will not may stay."
"Philosophy rests on a proposition that whatever is is right. Preaching begins by assuming that whatever is is wrong."
"Preaching means to awaken the real inclination to serve God."
"The orator is thereby an orator that keeps his feet ever on a fact."
"In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring."
"As soon as you start preaching, nobody wants to hear you because then you're a jerk."
"So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal."
"The frightful engines of ecclesiastical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvinistical good-nature never failed to terrify me exceedingly whenever I thought of preaching."
