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32 quotes by Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem". In the Episcopal liturgical calendar he is remembered on January 23.
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Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

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Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever... →

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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will... →

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The earth has grown old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it always is young, the heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, and its soul... →

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Happiness is the natural flower of duty.

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To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

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I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

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Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.

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Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

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Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

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A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

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