Frederick William Robertson Quotes and its meanings

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Frederick William Robertson has written on many topics but he is most famous for his work about education, failure, forgiveness, men, poetry, teacher & wisdom. People always share Education quotes, Failure quotes, forgiveness, men, poetry, teacher & wisdom from his literary works.

What are the top most famous quotes by Frederick William Robertson?

Here are the top most famous quotes by Frederick William Robertson.

• Instruction ends in the schoolroom, but education ends only with life. A child is given to the universe to be educated.
• In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.
• We win by tenderness. We conquer by forgiveness.
• A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.
• The office of poetry is not to make us think accurately, but feel truly.
• The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.
• The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.