Young man, be of good courage. Care not for what the world says or thinks: you will not be with the world always. Can man save your soul? No. Will man be your judge in the great and dreadful day of account? No. Can man give you a good conscience in life, a good hope in death, a good answer in the morning of resurrection? No! no! no! Man can do nothing of the sort. Then "fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid of their revilings: for the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool" (Isa. 51:7, 8). Call to your mind the saying of good Colonel Gardiner: "I fear God, and therefore I have none else to fear." Go and be like him. J.C. Ryle
About This Quote

This quotation is often misquoted. It was not said by Colonel Gardiner, but by the 17th century English poet John Donne. The full verse, with the complete quotation, is: "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."

Source: Thoughts For Young Men

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