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Frederick William Robertson Quotes: The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.
         

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.


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There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.



Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.

Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.



We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.

We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.



God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness.

God's truth is too sacred to be expounded to superficial worldliness in its transient fit of earnestness.



This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin.

This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin.



Marriage is not a union merely between two creatures - it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the nature of both.

Marriage is not a union merely between two creatures - it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the nature of both.



What the world calls virtue is a name and a dream without Christ. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer's cross, and in the power of His resurrection.

What the world calls virtue is a name and a dream without Christ. The foundation of all human excellence must be laid deep in the blood of the Redeemer's cross, and in the power of His resurrection.



To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.



There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own.

There is a past which is gone forever, but there is a future which is still our own.



Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.





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I've also been known to cry during MasterCard commercials.



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