Top Hymns Quotes Collection

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Image of John Betjeman
Hymns are the poetry of the people.
- John Betjeman
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Image of John Betjeman
Hymn tunes are the nearest we've got to English folk music.
- John Betjeman
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Image of Clement of Alexandria
All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We work while singing, we sail while reciting hymns, we accomplish all other occupations of life while praying.
- Clement of Alexandria
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Image of James Ellis
The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.
- James Ellis
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Image of George Weinberg
We're all here at the same time and we should celebrate that.
- George Weinberg
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Image of Andy Griffith
Hymns are companions for life travelers.
- Andy Griffith
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Image of Paul Evdokimov
In the immense cathedral which is the universe of God, each person, whether scholar or manual laborer, is called to act as the priest of his whole life--to take all that is human, and to turn it into an offering and a hymn of glory.
- Paul Evdokimov
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Image of Greg Mortenson
The tune was too ingrained for Mortenson to consider the novelty of this moment- an American, lost in Pakistan, singing a German hymn in Swahili.
- Greg Mortenson
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Image of Pablo Neruda
The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples.
- Pablo Neruda
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Image of Walker Percy
Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him.
- Walker Percy
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Image of N. T. Wright
I'm fortunate in that I've grown up in a worshipping tradition which is quite rich musically (and music is very important to me) and has a wonderful resource of hymns from all sorts of different parts of the Church... and to go to church and be able to sing that stuff and listen to a Bach motet or indeed some charismatic choruses.
- N. T. Wright
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Image of Lord Byron
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
- Lord Byron
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Image of Henry Van Dyke
Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Henry Van Dyke
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Image of Fyodor Dostoevsky
And so in that very shame I suddenly begin a hymn.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Image of Diane Wakoski
American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.
- Diane Wakoski
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Image of Eddie Izzard
We will now sing forth, hymn 405, 'Oh God, what on earth is my hairdo all about?
- Eddie Izzard
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Image of Charles Kingsley
Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.
- Charles Kingsley
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