Selected quotes by J. H. Vincent
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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!
— J. H. Vincent
Education
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We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home.
— J. H. Vincent
Wisdom
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At some time, here or hereafter, every account must be settled, and every debt paid in full.
— J. H. Vincent
Wisdom
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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.
— J. H. Vincent
Life
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There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
— J. H. Vincent
Wisdom
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In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation.
— J. H. Vincent
Education
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To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ.
— J. H. Vincent
Education
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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.
— J. H. Vincent
Education