Quotes about Hymns

You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future. Votes: 8

Hymns are the poetry of the people. Votes: 4

The Psalms, the anthology of the hymns of Israel, are still used by Christians. Votes: 4

It's part of what I do at my piano - the hymns. And then I write. Votes: 4

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental. Votes: 4

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. Votes: 4

I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? When I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them. Votes: 4

Hymns are companions for life travelers. Votes: 3

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies. Votes: 3

There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns. Votes: 3

Hymns should have unity,graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts,a conscious progress,a sense of completeness..and be easily understood. Votes: 3

Dances an endless illusion, A woman of desire endures in my heart, I wait, O! Almighty cut the net of passion, You are the ultimate Source of light. Gitamohanam,(spiritual Hymns), Votes: 3

Hymns of today that may be sung by people who know the thought of the age...are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy Christianity, or any revolution will overthrow the Kingdom of Heaven. Votes: 3

This Lord of natures today was transformed contrary to His nature; it is not too difficult for us to also overthrow our evil will." Hymns of the Nativity, Hymn 1:97, pg. 74 in Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns (New York: Paulist Press, 1989). Votes: 3

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. Votes: 2

The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body. Votes: 2

But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing. Votes: 2

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. Votes: 2

Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective. Votes: 2

I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled. Votes: 2

The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible. Votes: 2

I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music. Votes: 2

Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin' hymns is a great thing to do. Votes: 2

The democratic and pedestrian character of the new Mass itself seems to invite the ditties that pass for hymns these days. Votes: 2

When I first began to learn to sing, it took me from three to four months to learn two simple hymns. Votes: 2

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities. Votes: 2

It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences. Votes: 2

I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park. Votes: 2

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. Votes: 2

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic. Votes: 2

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going. Votes: 2

One of the things that is wonderful about hymns is that they are a sort of universally shared poetry, at least among certain populations. Votes: 2

As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work. Votes: 2

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time. Votes: 2

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel. Votes: 2

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. Votes: 2

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide. Votes: 2

The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel, and in promoting peace and spiritual growth. Votes: 2

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns. Votes: 2

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless. Votes: 2

The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning, softness that "brings and shuts the day," while the whole air was filled with the carols of birds, the hymns of the feathered tribe. Votes: 2

Like civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around them, and calling out into the darkness of cyberspace for confirmation. I'm here. You're here, too. We are present. Votes: 2

Easy, simple and great laws, which await nothing but a sign from the lawgiver to spread prosperity and vigour throughout the nation, laws which would earn him immortal hymns of gratitude down the generations, are those which are least considered or least wanted. Votes: 2

I wanted to have more songs with religious backgrounds. The Christmas record has strong, traditional hymns, but it also has a song called 'Christmas in Heaven' about missing someone that you love that's passed on, and wondering what's going on up there on Christmas. Votes: 2

Any hope that America would finally grow up vanished with the rise of fundamentalist Christianity. Fundamentalism, with its born-again regression, its pink-and-gold concept of heaven, its literal-mindedness, its rambunctious good cheer... its anti-intellectualism... its puerile hymns... and its faith-healing... are made to order for King Kid America. Votes: 2

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger. Votes: 2

Sometimes I, as a public official, turn to Scripture or hymns - especially hymns, because sometimes we Catholics don't have the Scriptures memorized like we should - to help me explain a public policy position or an idea or to be able to articulate it better when you're talking about justice or mercy or compassion. Votes: 2

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another. Votes: 2

My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life. Votes: 0

I could be religious, if they sang the hymns to disco. Votes: 0

Faith converses with the angels, and antedates the hymns of glory. Votes: 0

What hymns are sung. What praises said. For homemade miracles of bread? Votes: 0

Jews wait for the Lord, Protestants sing hymns to him, Catholics say mass and eat him. Votes: 0

We tap our toes to chaste love songs about the silvery moon without recognizing them as hymns to copulation. Votes: 0

...hymns have been a powerful instrument of God to draw people closer to His Word and the saving riches therein. Votes: 0

It's a shame i can't be there myself - i like parties. Text me if you think of any good hymns! Votes: 0

Bribed with a little sunlight and a few prismatic tints, we bless our Maker, and stave off his wrath with hymns. Votes: 0

Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations. Votes: 0

[P]salms are basically prayers and hymns, by their very nature they are addressed to God or express truth about God in song. Votes: 0

The inward sighs of humble penitence Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air. Votes: 0

The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship. Votes: 0

Why has our poetry eschewed The rapture and response of food? What hymns are sung and praises said For the home made miracle of bread? Votes: 0

They both sang. My grandmother had a very haunted mountain voice and would sing hymns. My grandpa would sing but in a very, very subdued way. Votes: 0

Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise to an approving God. Votes: 0

Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville. Votes: 0

the hymns were born in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or earlier, and listening to them was like licking an icicle: the same chill, the same purity. Votes: 0

But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity. Votes: 0

We may sing our hymns and psalms, and offer prayers, but they will be an abomination to God, unless we are willing to be thoroughly straightforward in our daily life. Votes: 0

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. Its far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, its not a big stretch from hymns. Votes: 0

The Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger. Votes: 0

Charles Wesley's hymns are forceful because they contain so many words which are physical: for him the life of a Christian was to be experienced in the body as well as in the soul. Votes: 0