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Thomas Brooks Quotes
The sharpest, most searching lines from Thomas Brooks, drawn straight from the Puritan Paperbacks. Filter by theme, or browse the whole collection.
“Know that it is not the knowing , nor the talking , nor the reading man—but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. "If you know these things, blessed and happy are you if you DO them." (John 13:17)”
“Whatever sin the heart of man is most prone to, that the devil will help forward.”
“Satan loves to sail with the wind, and to suit men's temptations to their conditions and inclinations.”
“Where one thousand are destroyed by the world's frowns, ten thousand are destroyed by the world's smiles.”
“The world, siren-like, sings to us, then sinks us.”
“It is the greatest judgment in the world to be left to sin.”
“There is a great difference between a sheep which falls into the mire and a swine which delights to wallow in it.”
“Men must not think to dance and dine with the devil, and then to sup with Abraham in heaven.”
“Repentance is a flower which does not grow in nature's garden.”
“It is not he who reads most, but he who meditates most, who will prove to be the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian.”
“Remember that it is not hasty reading, but serious meditation on holy and heavenly truths, which makes them prove sweet and profitable to the soul.”
“Those that have most of God, and are most rich in grace, shall be most assaulted by Satan, who is the greatest and craftiest pirate in the world.”
“Sin is the worst and most infectious plague in the world.”
“God hath in Himself all power to defend you, all wisdom to direct you, all mercy to pardon you, all grace to enrich you, all righteousness to clothe you, all goodness to supply you, and all happiness to crown you.”
“The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.”
“Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever.”
“The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.”
“There is no little sin, because no little God to sin against.”
“He is the best preacher, not that tickles the ear, but that breaks the heart.”
“Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.”
“A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.”
“Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds.”
“The first step toward heaven, is to see ourselves near hell.”
“Get Christ and get all; miss Christ and miss all.”
“In a storm there is no shelter like the wings of God.”
“Prayer crowns God with the honor and glory due to His name, and God crowns prayer with assurance and comfort. The most praying souls are the most assured souls.”
“He that will play with Satan's bait, will quickly be taken with Satan's hook.”
“He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.”
“It is not he who knows most, nor he who hears most, nor yet he who talks most, but he who exercises grace most, who has most communion with God.”
“To repent of sin is as great a mark of grace as not to sin.”