Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Theodore L. Cuyler (American Presbyterian Clergyman)

Theodore Ledyard Cuyler (1822–1909) was an American Presbyterian minister, preacher, and prolific writer. He gained renown for his influential contributions to religious literature and unwavering advocacy for social and moral reform.

Born in Aurora, New York, Cuyler graduated from Princeton University in 1841 and later from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1846. His reputation began to soar when he revitalized struggling churches in Burlington, New Jersey, and the Market Street Dutch Reformed Church in New York City. Subsequently, he served as the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York, for over four decades, 1853–90. Cuyler’s dynamic preaching style attracted large congregations, establishing him as a prominent figure in the Presbyterian Church. In recognition of his contributions, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1857.

Beyond his ministerial and literary pursuits, Cuyler was an outspoken advocate for social causes, championing temperance and the abolition of slavery. He actively engaged in social reform movements, leveraging both his pulpit and pen to promote moral and ethical principles.

A prolific writer, Cuyler authored numerous books and articles on religious and social issues. Notable among his works are God’s Light on Dark Clouds (1882,) Wayside Springs from the Fountain of Life (1883,) and The Young Preacher (1893,) reflecting his profound spiritual insight and commitment to advancing Christian values.

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To forecast our sorrows is only to increase the suffering without increasing our strength to bear them.—Many of life’s noblest enterprises might never have been undertaken if all the difficulties and defects could be foreseen.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Sorrow

Let your religion be seen. Lamps do not talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds no drum, it beats no gong; yet, far over the waters, its friendly light is seen by the mariner.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Religion

Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured. God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today’s duties and tomorrow’s anxieties piled on the top of them.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Worry, Duty, Anxiety

God sometimes washes the eyes of his children with tears that they may read aright his providence and his commandments.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and conduct.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Repentance

You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day, you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear for all eternity.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Inheritance

Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Prayer

Religion’s home is in the conscience.—Its watchword is the word “ought.”—Its highest joy is in doing God’s will.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Religion

I dare not drink for my own sake, I ought not to drink for my neighbor’s sake.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

The richest blessing that prayer can bring—is to bring us into closer communion and agreement with the all-holy and the all-loving God. The very first essential to all right prayer—is unconditional submissiveness to God’s will.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Prayer

The best advertisement of a workshop is first class work. The strongest attraction to Christianity is a well made Christian character.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Christian

A happy and a glorious Easter will this one be to all of us who get a new vision of the risen Christ, and prostrate ourselves in humble adoration at His feet, and cry out: “Rabboni! Rabboni!” Then shall we set our hearts, lifted into a new atmosphere, on things above, and reach an actual higher life. We shall know more of what it is to live by Christ, in Christ, for Christ, and with Christ, till we reach the marvelous light around the throne in glory.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

The best days of the church have always been its singing days.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Duty, Angels

I never knew a child of God being bankrupted by his benevolence. What we keep we may lose, but what we give to Christ we are sure to keep.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

The firmament of the Bible is ablaze with answers to prayer.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Prayer

Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

The shifting systems of false religion are continually changing their places; but the gospel of Christ is the same forever. While other false lights are extinguished, this true light ever shineth.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

It is the easiest thing in the world to obey God when He commands us to do what we like, and to trust Him when the path is all sunshine. The real victory of faith is to trust God in the dark, and through the dark.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Trials, Achievement, God

Blessed be the discipline that makes me reach out to a closer union with Jesus!—Blessed be the dews of the spirit that keep my leaf ever green!—Blessed be the trials which shake down the ripe golden fruits from the branches.
—Theodore L. Cuyler
Topics: Trials

None but a theology that came out of eternity can carry you and me safely to and through eternity.
—Theodore L. Cuyler

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