No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind. -Phillips Brooks

 

No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.


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This quote is just one of 12 total Phillips Brooks quotes in our collection. Phillips Brooks is known for saying 'No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.

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246
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children. -Phillips Brooks
238

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

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237

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Phillips Brooks
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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you. -Phillips Brooks
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No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.

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