Rebuke Quotes

Rebuke Quote of the day

You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

To fight against pride, it is wise to surround ourselves with those who know us and love us enough to speak into our lives with words of correction and rebuke.

A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and Misery, Death's harbinger.

Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

The vital Christian arouses opposition because he is a standing rebuke to the selfishness and sin of those around him.

A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.

Because of Jesus' finished work of the cross, He will never be angry with you nor rebuke you even when you fail.

The past is always a rebuke to the present.

Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.

If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.

We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.

If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility.

No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.

My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly free of dirt or particulate matter of any kind.

It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.

WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.

Remembering is a necessary rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never happened or has been exaggerated.

It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke.

Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know.

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.

The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians.

If you're going to offer a position of great power and importance to somebody, you're not gonna do that publicly unless you know they're gonna accept it, because to refuse it is a rebuke.

A suicide is both a rebuke to the living and a puzzle that defies them to solve it. Like a poem, suicide is finished and refuses to answer questions as to its final cause.

One of the things that makes a Negro unpleasant to white folk is the fact that he suffers from their injustice. He is thus a standing rebuke to them.

The first requisite of a gentleman is to be true, brave and noble, and to be therefore a rebuke and scandal to venal and vulgar souls.

Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

The Donald Trump team hit back with a swift and stunning rebuke of the CIA. Quote, "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction."

An extra pressure, a silent rebuke, an unseen praising, a firm correction: all these passed between us as through telegraph wires.

Brain, v. [as in "to brain"]: To rebuke bluntly, but not pointedly; to dispel a source of error in an opponent.

Leaders look out for people who can criticize them constructively and rebuke them reasonably.

Rebuke them that violates the principles of kingdom of God

Rebuke her/him who rejects the kingdom

You surely remember your past when you rebuke me in honesty.

Choose criticism wisely, it might help you improve some elements of what you do.

Value those who give you constructive criticism, because without them doing so, you will never reach the peak of what you are do.

Accept corrections and you’ll improve and increase.

Rebuke without love is abuse. But, a love that would never rebuke? I dare to admit that that, too, would be a kind of abuse.

Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.

True leaders spend time reviewing their mistakes rather than having fantasies over their achievements! They look for every way to do the undone!

Leaders spend time reviewing their mistakes rather than having fantasies over their achievements! They look for every way to do the undone!