A Quote by Benjamin Franklin

A good example is the best sermon.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin
American - Politician
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790

Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Preach by example of your lives rather than by words. Example is the very best sermon.

Rose Philippine Duchesne

The best sermon is preached by the minister who has a sermon to preach and not by the man who has to preach a sermon.

William Feather

An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.

Vance Havner

Being Mormon is a big part of who I am, and I try very hard to live the right way, but I don't know that I'm an example. I hate to say, 'Yes, look at me. I'm a good example of being Mormon.' I want to be the best person I can be, so in that aspect, maybe I'm a good example.

Stephenie Meyer

The attention of the congregation is a major part of the attention that the pastor gives to his or her utterance. It's very exceptional. I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a good sermon. People who are completely nonreligious know a good sermon when they hear one.

Marilynne Robinson

The sermon which I write inquisitive of truth is good a year after, but that which is written because a sermon must be writ is musty the next day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good preaching and great preaching lies mainly in the work of the Holy Spirit. . . . We should do the work it takes to make our communication good and leave it up to God how and how often he makes it great for the listener.

Timothy Keller

I think once I had my kids that kind of made it like, 'Look, you have to be the best you can be so they have a good example at home.' You want to give them the best food, what's best for them.

Marc Gasol

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

A sermon in shoes is often more eloquent than a sermon on paper.

Theodore L. Cuyler

A sermon is no sermon in which I cannot hear the heartbeat.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is the best proof in support of your argument. A sermon without a text is an argument without a proof.

Isaac Mayer Wise

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

George Burns

I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.

Max Lucado

Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better.

Charles Spurgeon

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