Quote

Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

Isaac Watts

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
Sacrifice
Blood
Lord
Christ
Forbid
Death
Boast
Things
Charm
Vain
Save

More quotes by Isaac Watts

Image
In books, or work, or healthful play.
Isaac Watts
Image
Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
Isaac Watts
Image
Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
Isaac Watts
Image
No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
Isaac Watts
Image
For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
Isaac Watts
Image
A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
Isaac Watts
Image
Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
Isaac Watts
Image
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
Isaac Watts
Image
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
Isaac Watts
Image
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
Isaac Watts
Image
When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Isaac Watts
Image
In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
Isaac Watts
Image
Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
Isaac Watts
Image
Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.
Isaac Watts
Image
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.
Isaac Watts
Image
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
Isaac Watts
Image
When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.
Isaac Watts
Image
Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
Isaac Watts
Image
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.
Isaac Watts
Image
Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
Isaac Watts