Elijah Parish Lovejoy Quotes

When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God.

I follow my father's philosphy; 'Do what is good, do what is right, and God will take care of the rest.'

The Spirit of the Lord is with them that fear him.

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

Fear God and work hard.

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

Sin, also for those who don't have faith, exists when one goes against one's conscience. To listen to and obey it means, in fact, to decide in face of what is perceived as good or evil. And on this decision pivots the goodness or malice of our action.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion.

The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.

It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

Read my letter to the old folks, and give my love to them, and tell my brothers to be always watching unto prayer, and when the good old ship of Zion comes along, to be ready to step aboard.

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.

Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of desperation.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.