Top 90 Isaac Watts Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.”

— Isaac Watts

2. “Dear Lord. I give myself away. I’ve nothing else to give.”

— Isaac Watts

3. “Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.”

— Isaac Watts

4. “There’s no repentance in the grave.”

— Isaac Watts

5. “Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?”

— Isaac Watts

6. “He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.”

— Isaac Watts

7. “Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.”

— Isaac Watts

8. “Tis true my form is something odd But blaming me is blaming God Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span I would be measured by the soul The mind’s the standard of the man.”

— Isaac Watts

9. “Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.”

— Isaac Watts

10. “Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.”

— Isaac Watts

11. “So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And ’t is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.”

— Isaac Watts

12. “There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.”

— Isaac Watts

13. “To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.”

— Isaac Watts

14. “Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.”

— Isaac Watts

15. “Birds in their little nests agree; And ’tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.”

— Isaac Watts

16. “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.”

— Isaac Watts

17. “To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.”

— Isaac Watts

18. “Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities.”

— Isaac Watts

19. “What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.”

— Isaac Watts

20. “Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.”

— Isaac Watts

21. “In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.”

— Isaac Watts

22. “It was a saying of the ancients, “Truth lies in a well;” and to carry on this metaphor, we may justly say that logic does supply us with steps, whereby we may go down to reach the water.”

— Isaac Watts

23. “Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.”

— Isaac Watts

24. “Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.”

— Isaac Watts

25. “There’s not a plant or flower below but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that we can be, Thou, God art present there.”

— Isaac Watts

26. “Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.”

— Isaac Watts

27. “But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other’s eyes.”

— Isaac Watts

28. “To see the dull indifference, the negligent and thoughtless air that sits upon the faces of a whole assembly, while the psalm is upon their lips, might even tempt a charitable observer to suspect the fervency of their inward religion.”

— Isaac Watts

29. “Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.”

— Isaac Watts

30. “There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.”

— Isaac Watts

31. “For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.”

— Isaac Watts

32. “Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.”

— Isaac Watts

33. “Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.”

— Isaac Watts

34. “It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.”

— Isaac Watts

35. “When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I’ll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.”

— Isaac Watts

36. “Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.”

— Isaac Watts

37. “In books, or work, or healthful play.”

— Isaac Watts

38. “Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.”

— Isaac Watts

39. “When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.”

— Isaac Watts

40. “No, I’ll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust: – My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.”

— Isaac Watts

41. “I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold.”

— Isaac Watts

42. “The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.”

— Isaac Watts

43. “I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.”

— Isaac Watts

44. “Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.”

— Isaac Watts

45. “Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.”

— Isaac Watts

46. “Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.”

— Isaac Watts

47. “Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.”

— Isaac Watts

48. “No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.”

— Isaac Watts

49. “Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, and sound his power abroad; sing the sweet promise of His grace, the love and truth of God.”

— Isaac Watts

50. “The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.”

— Isaac Watts