Theodore Parker Quotes

1810–1860, American Minister
quotes
12
topics
11
Origin
Topic
“Remorse is the pain of sin.”
Remorse
“Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.”
Judgment and Judges
“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.”
VerifiedTwo Sermons (1853), Sermon II : Of the Position and Duty of a Minister. · evidenceSelf-respect
“Wealth and want equally harden the human heart, like frost and fire both are alien to human flesh.”
Heart
“Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.”
Self-denial
“Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in.”
Duty
“It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business.”
Priorities
“We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.”
Treason
“The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.”
Books and Reading
“Let us do our duty, in our shop in our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and knew that victory for mankind depends on our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that, the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world.”
Duty