jonathan edwards

“ To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it. ”

“ How can you expect to dwell with God forever if you so neglect and forsake him here? ”

“ Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month, and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better. ”

“ If you long to be more like Christ, then act like Him, and walk as He walked. ”

“ The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being. ”

“ Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people. ”

“ Greatest concern is not for your health or temporal welfare, but for the good of your soul. Though ”

“ Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die. ”

“ You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary. ”

“ The foundation of the Christian's peace is everlasting; it is what no time, no change can destroy. ”