Thomas Brooks

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

A man's most glorious actions will at last be found to be but glorious sins, if he hath made himself, and not the glory of God, the end of those actions.

To repent of sin is as great a mark of grace as not to sin.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Truth is mighty and will prevail.

Ambition is a gilded misery, a secret poison, a hidden plague, the engineer of deceit, the mother of hypocrisy, the parent of envy, the original of vices, the moth of holiness, the blinder of hearts, turning medicines into maladies, and remedies into diseases.

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

The first step toward heaven is to see ourselves near hell.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the spirit of the Lord.

The only way to avoid cannon-shot is to fall down. No such way to be freed from temptation as to keep low.

A preacher's life should be a commentary upon his doctrine. Heavenly doctrines should always be adorned with a heavenly life.

The most praying souls are the most assured souls.

Much faith will yield unto us here our heaven, but any faith, if true, will yield us heaven hereafter.

A gracious soul may look through the darkest cloud and see God smiling on him.

Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.

For great is truth, and shall prevail.

Repentance is the vomit of the soul.

In a storm there is no shelter like the wings of God.