Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
crosses ifs
If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.
remember duty position
Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.
tolerance action condemnation
Pass no rash condemnation on other peoples words or actions.
art fighting overcoming
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
return doe remember
Remember always your end, and that lost time does not return.
fighting men giving
If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For he who give the us occasion to fight, to the end we may get the victory, is ready to succor those that fight manfully, and do trust in his grace.
humility understanding honor
It is better to have but little knowledge with humility and understanding, than great learning which might make you proud. For a person's merits are not to be estimated by having many visions, or by knowledge of the bible, or by being placed in a higher position; but by being grounded in true humility, and by seeking always, purely, and entirely, the honor of God.
sight add holiness
Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
self-control labor severe
No confict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself.
crowns lovers lord
The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross.
fighting men lust
The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.
redemption salvation crosses
Salvation by the cross. [Lat., In cruce salus.]
overcoming habit
Habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
pride two credit
I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin.