Isaac Watts Quotes

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
Isaac Watts
Hush my dear lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard they bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.
Isaac Watts
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things our own meditation must form our judgement.
Isaac Watts
Let me be dressed fine as I will Flies worms and flowers exceed me still.
Isaac Watts
Let me be dressed fine as I will Flies worms and flowers exceed me still.
Isaac Watts
Hush my dear lie still and slumber Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head.
Isaac Watts
For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.
Isaac Watts
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
Isaac Watts
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish to rage and be furious is brutish and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious is manly and divine.
Isaac Watts
One glance of Thine creates a day.
Isaac Watts
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour And gather honey all the day From every opening flower.
Isaac Watts
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
Isaac Watts
Once a day....call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.
Isaac Watts
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
Isaac Watts
How shall polluted mortals dare To sing Thy glory or Thy grace Beneath Thy feet we lie afar And see but shadows of Thy face.
Isaac Watts
Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.
Isaac Watts