Daniel Webster Quotes

Has it ever dawned on you that you are responsible spiritually to God for other people?

It should be pursued as in the presence of God, and under the solemn sanctions created by a lively sense of his omniscience, and of our accountability to him for the right use of the faculties which he has bestowed.

I am responsible only to God and history.

God holds his people responsible for righteousness, not for results.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me.

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can.

Only God can look at somebody's heart.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me.

God primes the pump of obligation.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don't have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

If there is any God, there is only one way to please him, and that is by a conscientious discharge of your obligations to your fellow men.

The privilege of holding the priesthood, which is the power and authority to act in God's name, is a great blessing and privilege and one that carries with it equally great obligations and responsibilities.

We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

The hope of eternal life is not to be taken up upon slight grounds. It is a subject to be settled between God and your own soul; settled for eternity. A supposed hope, and nothing more, will prove your ruin.

This is certainly the Will of the Supreme God, who is the Author of this world and its Father … that the whole human race should agree together and be joined in a certain affectionate union by, as it were, a mutual embrace... Let us...my Brothers, follow after the things that are ours, let us walk in the way of the Commandments, let us by good actions keep the Divine Precepts, let us free our life from errors and with the help of the mercy of God, let us direct it along the right path

People are supposed to be responsible.

Trust me, people that know me know I ain't perfect, but I do try to live my life in a way that hopefully can be pleasing to my maker because I know I'm going to meet Him one day, and He's not going to pat me on the back and talk about how many wins I had or how many Coach of the Year trophies we got or how much money I made.

What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.

I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.