Phillips Brooks Quotes


Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.


Citations

Brooks, Phillips. The Phillips Brooks Year Book. E. P. Dutton & Company, 1893.

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Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks
  • Born: December 13, 1835
  • Died: January 23, 1893
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

Phillips Brooks was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston's Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, "O Little Town of Bethlehem".