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Peter Marshall

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A name that surfaces again and again in collections of great quotes, Peter Marshall clearly understood the power of language. The range of their thinking — from Great to God — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 10 of Peter Marshall's most memorable quotes, ranging across Great, God, Work, Strength, and Patience. As Peter Marshall put it: "If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you."

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

— Peter Marshall

Patience

All Quotes by Peter Marshall

“Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change where we are right, make us easy to live with.”

— Peter Marshall

Change

“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

“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.”

— Peter Marshall

Great

“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

“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

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

— Peter Marshall

Patience

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

— Peter Marshall

God