A Dictionary of Burning Words

Six hundred pages of the sharpest lines from 'the literature of all ages,' filed by subject — built for orators, preachers and anyone who needs the perfect quotation.

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6 subjects in this part of Burning Words.

Obedience

Obedience: To be a Christian is to obey Christ no matter how you feel.

Obstinacy

Obstinacy: I believe that the fewer the laws in a home the better; but there is one law which should be as plainly understood as the…

Occupation

Occupation: One of the best maxims in determining our course in life is, to select, at the outset, that in which virtue and principle will…

Old Age

Old Age: The day of life spent in honest and benevolent labor comes in hope to an evening calm and lovely; and though the sun declines, the…

Opinion

Opinion: The world is governed much more by opinion than by laws. It is not the judgment of courts, but the moral judgment of individuals…

Order

Order: Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the State.

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