Isaac Watts Quotes
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest; No mortal cares shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound.
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Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.
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Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.
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Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
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Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
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Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
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In books, or work, or healthful play.
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So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
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There's not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.
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Tis the voice of the sluggard I heard him complain,You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.
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For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.
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Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
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Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
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I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below.
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Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone. Strange! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne; Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
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The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
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Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.
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Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.
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Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God.
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No, I'll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust:-- My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.
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Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther.
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
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