Top 15 Most Inspirational Henry Drummond Quotes

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Henry Drummond, a Scottish author, was an advocate of the “gospel of service.” He believed that we should give up our time and energy to help other people. He said, “The desire for some work which shall be useful is a part of the very nature of man.”

He became an evangelist at the age of nineteen. He preached in different places in England and Scotland. One of his most notable sermons was “The Greatest Thing in the World,” which he delivered to many people on Christmas Day 1873.

He believed that it is not enough to live for yourself because you can’t leave anything behind when you die.

Check out his most inspiring quotes to study and implement for your own beautiful life.

15 Most Inspirational Henry Drummond Quotes

1. “Any experiment that can benefit by one hairsbreadth any single human life is a thousand times worth trying.” ― Henry Drummond

2. “Do you know the meaning of the word ‘gentleman’? It means someone who does things gently. That is the whole art and mystery of Love.” ― Henry Drummond

3. “Happiness… consists in giving, and in serving others.” ― Henry Drummond

4. “Why do we want to live forever? Because we hope that tomorrow will bring us someone we can love. Because we want to live another day with the person we love beside us. Because we want to find someone who deserves our Love and who, in turn, will know how to love us as we deserve to be loved.

5. “… it takes a smart fella to say ‘I don’t know the answer!” – Henry Drummond

6. “He lives who dies to win a lasting name.” ― Henry Drummond

7. “I wonder why it is we are not all kinder to each other … How much the world needs it! How easily it is done!” – Henry Drummond

8. “Now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” ― Henry Drummond

9. “To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.” ― Henry Drummond

10. “You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” ― Henry Drummond

11. “Courtesy is Love in little things.” ― Henry Drummond

12. “The peculiarity of ill temper is that it is the vice of the virtuous.” ― Henry Drummond

13. “You cannot give anything more important than the Love reflected in your own life. That is the one true universal language, which allows us to speak Chinese or the dialects of India. For if, one day, you go to those places, the silent eloquence of Love will mean that you will be understood by everyone.” ― Henry Drummond

14. “If we try to influence or elevate others, we shall soon see that success is in proportion to their belief of our belief in them.” ― Henry Drummond

15. “Never miss an opportunity to say I love you…Better still…Create them” – Henry Drummond

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