Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Oswald Chambers

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Scotland
  • Born: Jul 24, 1874
  • Died: Nov 15, 1917

Oswald Chambers was an early twentieth-century Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest.

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. happiness

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. God & religion

You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. amazing

Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. faith, God & time

When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.' God

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other sayings from John Millington Synge

3 other sayings from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other views from Dave Barry

27 other views from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill