(57 quotes found)
“Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.”
John Wesley
“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.”
George F. Burns
“Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.”
David McKay
“To prevent famine, one plow is worth a million sermons, and even patent medicines will cure more diseases than all the prayers uttered since the beginning of the world”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.”
John Burroughs
“Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.”
John E. Hines
“Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.”
Antonio Vieira
“When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.”
James Earl Jones
“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.”
Martin Luther
