Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by George Boardman the Younger (American Clergyman)

George Dana Boardman the Younger (1828–1903) was an American clergyman and theologian.

Born in Burma to missionary parents, he later settled in the U.S., where he pursued education at Worcester Academy, Brown University (1852,) and Newton Theological Institution (1855.) His pastoral career began in South Carolina but, due to his opposition to slavery, he moved north, leading congregations in Rochester (1856–64) and Philadelphia (1864–94.)

Boardman was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement and co-founded the Brotherhood of the Kingdom in 1892. His commitment to Christian ethics led him to establish the Boardman Foundation in Christian Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania (1899.) A staunch advocate for peace, he served as president of the Christian Arbitration and Peace Society and the American Baptist Missionary Union.

He authored several theological works, including Studies in the Creative Week (1878,) The Epiphanies of the Risen Lord (1879,) The Ten Commandments (1889,) and The Kingdom (1899.) His lectures, published as Titles of Wednesday Evening Lectures, offered profound biblical insights.

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Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Character

The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Preaching

Our deeds are seeds of fate, sown here on earth, but bringing forth their harvest in eternity.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Deeds

The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Nature

Sow an act…reap a habit;
Sow a habit…reap a character;
Sow a character…reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger

The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
—George Boardman the Younger
Topics: Action, Habit, Thoughts, Habits, One Step at a Time, Destiny, Character

The cross is the only ladder high enough to touch Heaven’s threshold.
—George Boardman the Younger

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