Harry Emerson Fosdick quotes

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

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.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

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.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

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.

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.

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.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.