Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes & Sayings
29 most famous Harry Emerson Fosdick quotes and sayings (clergyman). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.”
“He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.”
“Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.”
“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”
“Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.”
“Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.”
“Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.”
“Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.”
“I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.”
“God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.”
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