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
loyalty friday light
So shall we join the disciples of our Lord, keeping faith in Him in spite of the crucifixion, and making ready, by our loyalty to Him in the days of His darkness, for the time when we shall enter into His triumph in the days of His light.
happiness happy flower
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
christmas dark night
Where charity stands watching and faith holds wide the door the dark night wakes - the glory breaks, Christmas comes once more.
christmas xmas earth
The earth has grown old with its burden of care, But at Christmas it always is young....
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.
god prayer wish
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
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.
patience short-life failure
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
christmas children cottages
For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, no cottage too small.
inspiring christian appreciation
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
men doe great-men
It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.
life dawn tasks
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.
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.
christian jesus easter
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise."