Peter Marshall Quotes

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.
Peter Marshall

God, Great, Blessing

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
Peter Marshall

Strength, Life, Strong

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
Peter Marshall

Motivational, Great, Done

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.
Peter Marshall

Change, Live, Wrong

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.
Peter Marshall

God, Yourself, Else

May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
Peter Marshall

Freedom, May, Please

Give to us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for - because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
Peter Marshall

May, Give, Vision

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.
Peter Marshall

Different, Cannot, Built

It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
Peter Marshall

Succeed, Fail, Cause

Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
Peter Marshall

Work, Patience, Wait

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.
Peter Marshall

Life, Donation, Measure

Most of us know perfectly well what we ought to do; our trouble is that we do not want to do it.
Peter Marshall

Trouble, Ought, Perfectly

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Clergyman

Born: May 27, 1902

Died: January 26, 1949

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