Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller

47 quotes

Known primarily as an English churchman and historian, Thomas Fuller also happens to be one of the most quotable figures in our collection. Their thinking spans from Great to Men, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection includes 57 quotes from Thomas Fuller, touching on Great, Men, Fear, Patience, and Money — a testament to just how much they had to say. A line that stays with you: "He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it."

“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”

— Thomas Fuller

God

All Quotes by Thomas Fuller

“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

— Thomas Fuller

Inspirational

“Change of weather is the discourse of fools.”

— Thomas Fuller

Change

“Scalded cats fear even cold water.”

— Thomas Fuller

Fear

“Great hopes make great men.”

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.”

— Thomas Fuller

Travel

“Abused patience turns to fury.”

— Thomas Fuller

Patience

“In fair weather prepare for foul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of the face can smile while the other is pinched.”

— Thomas Fuller

Smile

“Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all.”

— Thomas Fuller

Art

“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”

— Thomas Fuller

Strength

“Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.”

— Thomas Fuller

Anger

“Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.”

— Thomas Fuller

Power

“Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.”

— Thomas Fuller

Men

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

— Thomas Fuller

Leadership

“It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.”

— Thomas Fuller

Peace

“There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.”

— Thomas Fuller

Friendship

“He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.”

— Thomas Fuller

Great

“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself for every man has need to be forgiven.”

— Thomas Fuller

Forgiveness

“Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.”

— Thomas Fuller

Architecture

“Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.”

— Thomas Fuller

Knowledge