John Heyl Vincent quotes

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. (John Heyl Vincent)

We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.

John Heyl Vincent

He that would speak Divine things in a language which living men of to-day can comprehend, must keep up with the researches and discoveries of men who study nature, and put her words into the speech of the present.

John Heyl Vincent

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius.

John Heyl Vincent

At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.

John Heyl Vincent

In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.

John Heyl Vincent

He was Himself forsaken that none of His children might ever need to utter His cry of loneliness.

John Heyl Vincent

To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ.

John Heyl Vincent

Oh, wonderful teacher! Oh, favored disciples! Oh, famous school - that built no marble halls, and collected no grand library, but turned all life into opportunity; made houses and streets and seaside and mountain-tops, places of discipline and recitation and delight! Oh, blest example - shining this day on the pages of history - our example, our dream, our desire!

John Heyl Vincent

John Heyl Vincent

Occupation: American Theologian
Born: February 23, 1832
Died: May 9, 1920
Quotes count: 9
Wikipedia: John Heyl Vincent

Related authors

Russell Conwell 5

American Academic

John Dewey 84

American Philosopher

Robert M. Hutchins 15

American Educator

George Stigler 42

American Economist

Mircea Eliade 45

American Historian

John D. Rockefeller 44

American Businessman

Charles William Eliot 7

American Educator

James Allen 73

British Author

William Graham Sumner 40

American Businessman

Orison Swett Marden 107

American Writer