Quotes about Nearer

Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it.

For my part, I am persuaded that the more light we have, the more we see our own sinfulness. The nearer we get to heaven, the more we are clothed with humility.

The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.

I reflected much on that vain desire, which had pursued me for so many years, of being in solitude in order to be a Christian. I have now, thought I, solitude enough; but am I therefore the nearer being a Christian? Not if Jesus Christ be the model of Christianity.

The Piper is coming nearer, he said, he is nearer than he was that evening I saw him before. His long, shadowy cloak is blowing around him. He pipes - he pipes - and we must follow - Jem and Carl and Jerry and I - round and round the world. Listen - listen - can't you hear his wild music?

For my part I am persuaded the more light we have, the more we see our own sinfulness: the nearer we get to heaven, the more we are clothed with humility.

The Scriptures declare, "… it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed" (Rom. 13:11 KJV).

All music is what awakes within us when we are reminded by the instruments; It is not the violins or the clarinets - It is not the beating of the drums - Nor the score of the baritone singing his sweet romanza; not that of the men's chorus, Nor that of the women's chorus - It is nearer and farther than they

Humor is, however, nearer right than any emotion we have. Humor is the atmosphere in which grace most flourishes.

I have a vision of the whole Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts of the Book of Mormon.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.

Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.