A Quote by William Wilberforce

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

William Wilberforce

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Faint Grows Lean Soul

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William Wilberforce
English - Politician
August 24, 1759 - July 29, 1833

I must secure more time for private devotions. I have been living far too public for me. The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint. I have been keeping too late hours.

William Wilberforce

Surely the experience of all good men confirms the proposition that without a due measure of private devotions the soul will grow lean.

William Wilberforce

The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.

Bear Bryant

Unbelief starves the soul; faith finds food in famine.

Richard Cecil

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Amy Lowell

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The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Socrates

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Horace

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Horace

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