Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brookswas an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts, and particularly remembered as lyricist of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 December 1835
CountryUnited States of America
life real struggle
Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.
faces tunes helping
Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.
heart blessing heaven
How silently, how silently The wonderous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him still, The dear Christ enters in.
inspirational prayer men
If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.
life-and-death want helping
Never be afraid to bring the transcendent mysteries of our faith, Christ's life and death and resurrection, to the help of the humblest and commonest of human wants.
character gun battle
The elements which determine the make of any particular sermon are three; the preacher, the material, and the audience; just as the character of any battle is determined by three elements; the gun (including the gunner), the ammunition, and the fortress against which the attack is made.
happiness happy flower
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
hope possibility ideal-life
We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it.
inspirational motivational hope
Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
patience short-life failure
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
christmas xmas earth
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young....
christmas children cottages
For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.
life literature world
Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.
god prayer wish
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.