Quotes About Piety

He, who the sword of heaven will bearShould be as holy as severe.

Thank God, all you who have a spark of rational piety in your hearts, for the glorious commonplace of earth and sky,—for this cloud-embosomed planet in which you pass your lives.

The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.

In his 1986 autobiographical work, Confessions of a Theologian, Carl F. H. Henry, dean of twentieth-century American evangelical theologians, lamented that several Christian colleges and universities had started to veer away from the centrality of their work, by and large giving up the cognitive focus on Christian thought in favor of Christian piety and activism.

The devout are not spared.

For all their piety- they prayed regularly and devoutly, as their religion required - Riley wondered how the Arabs could ignore the fact that under their care he and his men lacked the most basic necessities of life and suffered inhumanly.

The godly shall pray to God.

Our first loyalty is to the Lord God.

What is the fear of God? The grace to shun evil.

The fear of God is a fierce faith.

Holy fear is to shun evil.

The truest knowledge is the fear of God.

I am sometimes shocked by the blasphemies of those who think themselves pious.

The essence of knowledge is to know what obedience and worship are -Abu Hamid al

Saintliness is also a temptation.

A pious man is one who would be an athiest if the king were.

He was what men called a religious man, which in his case meant he was a superstitious man. There was never a man less Christian; there was never one who made a greater show of piety.

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The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.

No, but one might mend — —" Anna stopped, feeling that under some circumstances even the mending of drains might be impious. She had heard so much about piety and Providence within the last two hours that she was confused, and was no longer clear as to the exact limit of conduct beyond which a flying in the face of Providence might be said to begin.

Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and helplessness are calamities; patience is a kind of bravery; to sever attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealth; piety is the best weapon of defence.

Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of God for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended.

Endurance is composed of four attributes: eagerness, fear, piety and anticipation (of death). So whoever is eager for Paradise will ignore temptations; whoever fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins; whoever practises piety will easily bear the difficulties of life and whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds.