Quotes About Study

Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.

He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.

He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.

Study men, not historians.

Get into the Word regularly (John 17:17).

the practice of biblical theology is necessary to fulfilling the Great Commission.

Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

The study of the form is the betting man's philology, philosophy, science, and literary criticism all rolled into one.

Every book of tactics in the regiment was in use from morning until night, and the officers and non-commissioned officers were always studying the problems presented at the schools.

HE that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, 1 saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they teach us how far we must imitate His life and character, if we seek true illumination, and deliverance from all blindness of heart. Let it be our most earnest study, therefore, to dwell upon the life of Jesus Christ.

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught…

Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for, and, more that all, must be prayed for.

So many read good books and get nothing, because they read them over cursorily, slightly, superficially.

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.

Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.

The theater in which God has chosen to meet rational creatures quietly is the inward realm of conscience, moral reasoning, prayer, and study, especially study of the revealed Word.

There is no Christian theology without the Bible. There is no Bible without an inspirited community to write, remember, and translate it, to guard it and pass it on, study it, live by it, and invite others to live by it.

Humanity is God's constant preoccupation throughout the Bible. The Christian study of God cannot neglect God's own prevailing interest—the redemption of humanity. No Christian theology can speak only of God and never of human beings.

You will remain theologically uneducated until you study carefully Athanasius, Augustine and Aquinas.