Quotes by Thomas Adams

The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in.

— Thomas Adams

Wisdom

If I were to live to the world's end, and do all the good that man can do, I must still cry, "Mercy!" Why then should I be unwilling or afraid to die this moment, with a sense of God's pardoning love, when I can have no other claim to salvation if I were to live forever?

— Thomas Adams

Love

We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but we need not give them entertainment with open doors.

— Thomas Adams

Wisdom

The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall.

— Thomas Adams

Courage