Quotes from Thomas Adams
A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.
- Thomas Adams
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
- Thomas Adams
He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.
- Thomas Adams
ON ANGER: "It is the base and vile bramble, the fruit of the earth's curse, that tears and rends what is next to it." Thomas Adams
- Thomas Adams
Repentance is a change of the mind, and regeneration is a change of the man.
- Thomas Adams
Sin is the strength of death and the death of strength.
- Thomas Adams
Beauty is like an almanack: if it lasts a year it is well.
- Thomas Adams
Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.
- Thomas Adams
Baptizing them in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: there are three distinct persons: in the Name, not names; there is one essence.
- Thomas Adams