Quotes by Frederick W. Robertson

Frederick W. Robertson

English divine

Lived from: 1816 - 1853

Category: Theologians and clergy Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 3 february 1816 Died: 15 august 1853

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  • In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.
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  • It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
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  • Men... are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.
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  • No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.
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  • Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.
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  • The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
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  • The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.
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  • There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
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  • Two thousand years ago there was One here on this earth who lived the grandest life that ever has been lived yet -a life that every thinking man, with deeper or shallower meaning, has agreed to call divine.
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What are the most famous quotes from Frederick W. Robertson?

The two most famous quotes from Frederick W. Robertson are:

  • "In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain."
  • "It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation."

When did Frederick W. Robertson live?

Frederick W. Robertson was born in 1816 and died in the year 1853.