 ... what we really are. But then, as the world offers more trials on the one hand, so on the other it holds out more duties. If we are called to battle oftener, we have more opportunities of victory.  The Works of Hannah More - Page 252by Hannah More - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dent Bell - 1876 - 384 pages
...valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens." These are men who conquered themselves ; and " he that ruleth his own spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." They fought a good fight ; they warred a good warfare ; they endured hardness, as good soldiers of... | |
 | Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1876 - 42 pages
...his knowledge, had arisen from acts of imprudence arising from temper indulged, but not controlled. " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city," and contrariwise, he that rules not his own spirit cannot long rule others wisely and well. Dr. MACDUNALD... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1877 - 718 pages
...of this asserted manhood, I stand as a rock, unmoved, though the billows dash madly against me." " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city," I replied. " The greatest of all heroes is the man who conquers himself." "Say, rather, he who, single-handed,... | |
 | Edward Payson Roe - 1878 - 568 pages
...many centuries ago, the members of which were entitled to inscribe upon their shields the legend, ' He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' But we are carrying this fanciful imagery too far, and had better drop it altogether. I know that you... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 168 pages
...gave him the means of winning power that the sword alone could never win. She taught him also that he that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city. All honour to the mother of Alfred the Great. 45. CHARLEY'S CHRISTMAS DREAM. braid, trimming de-clared,... | |
 | Richard Newton - 1881 - 140 pages
...real hero. He is the bravest boy in the school, for he has conquered himself. And the Bible says : ' He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " After that day Roger had no more trouble in school. No one called him a coward again ; but they all... | |
 | Charles Henry Parkhurst - 1883 - 264 pages
...not properly our own. Something of this kind was probably intended by the wise man in his proverb, " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Great enduring power, staying power, was required in the capture of a town or fortress, particularly... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1885 - 352 pages
...a self-governed man, a model character in balance. He was a vindication of Solomon's statement that "he that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Man is a disorganized, revolutionary creature, always in conflict with himself until subdued by righteousness... | |
 | Mrs. E. R. Shepherd - 1888 - 346 pages
...Perseverance in so noble an effort will win the richest victory of which a human being is capable. " He that ruleth his own spirit is better than he that taketh a city." Effects of Wrong Thoughts. The most frequent result of self-abuse and debasing thoughts is spermatorrhoea... | |
 | 1888 - 640 pages
...resisted. How is it with you, reader? Meekness suggests great self-control. Solomon says, (Prov. 16: 32), "He that ruleth his own spirit, is better than he that taketh a city." But, "He that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."... | |
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