Frances Ridley Havergal Quotes

Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill.

Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear.

Love understands love; it needs no talk.

Take my will, and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne.

Teach us, Master, how to give All we have and are to Thee; Grant us, Saviour, while we live, Wholly, only Thine to be.

Hidden in the hollow Of His blessed hand, Never foe can follow, Never traitor stand; Not a surge of worry, Not a shade of care, Not a blast of hurry Touch the Spirit there.

We write our lives indeed, But in a cipher none can read, Except the author

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail.

No life can be dreary when work is delight.

Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.

A great deal of living must go to a very little writing.

Oh to be my verse an answering gleam from higher radiance caught

Seldom can the heart be lonely If it seeks a lonelier still Self-forgetting seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill.

Silence is not certain token That no secret grief is there Sorrow which is never spoken Is the heaviest load to bear.

Take my will and make it Thine It shall be no longer mine Take my heart it is Thine own It shall be Thy royal throne.

Love understands love it needs no talk.