Inspirational Quotes by Thomas Fuller
“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”
“The greatest man living may stand in need of the meanest, as much as the meanest does of him.”
topics: Service
“Policy consists in serving God in such a manner as not to offend the devil.”
topics: Service
“The blush is nature's alarm at the approach of sin, and her testimony to the dignity of virtue.”
“He that falls into sin is a man, that grieves at it is a saint, that boasteth of it is a devil; yet some glory in that shame, counting the stains of sin the best complexion of their souls.”
“Dwell not too long upon sports; for as they refresh a man that is weary, so they weary a man that is refreshed.”
topics: Sports
“Marshall thy notions into a handsome method. One will carry twice more weight packed up in bundles, than when it lies flapping and hanging about his shoulders.”
topics: Stewardship
“That which is bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.”
“Most marvellous and enviable is that fecundity of fancy which can adorn whatever it touches, which can invest naked fact and dry reasoning with unlooked for beauty, make flowers bloom even on the brow of the precipice, and turn even the rock itself into moss and lichens. This faculty is most important for the vivid and attractive exhibition of truth to the minds of men.”
“Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong.”
topics: Truth
“Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.”
“In conversation use some, but not too much ceremony; it teaches others to be courteous, too. Demeanors are commonly paid back in their own coin.”
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Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published after his death. He was a prolific author, and one of the first English writers able to live by his pen.
His sense of humour kept him from extremes. "By his particular temper and management," said Echard (Hist. of England), "he weathered the late great storm with more success than many other great men." He was known as "a perfect walking library." Antithetic and axiomatic sentences abound in his pages.. "Wit," wrote Coleridge after reading the Church History, "was the stuff and substance of Fuller's intellect". Charles Lamb made some selections from Fuller, and admired his "golden works."