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Al Spalding Quotes: "If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?"

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?



Al Spalding Quotes: "In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement."

In the world of thought a man's rank is determined, not by his average work, but by his highest achievement.




Al Spalding Quotes: "We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man."

We may outgrow the things of children, without acquiring sense and relish for those which become a man.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom."

Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom.




Al Spalding Quotes: "Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories outnumber all others."

Nothing requires so little mental effort as to narrate or follow a story. Hence everybody tells stories and the readers of stories outnumber all others.



Al Spalding Quotes: "To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him."

To learn the worth of a man's religion, do business with him.



Al Spalding Quotes: "As the visit of one we love makes the whole day pleasant, so is it illumined and made fair by a brave and beautiful thought."

As the visit of one we love makes the whole day pleasant, so is it illumined and made fair by a brave and beautiful thought.




Al Spalding Quotes: "A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun."

A hobby is the result of a distorted view of things. It is putting a planet in the place of a sun.



Al Spalding Quotes: "As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best."

As children must have the hooping cough, the college youth must pass through the stage of conceit in which he holds in slight esteem the wisdom of the best.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative."

Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags."

Be watchful lest thou lose the power of desiring and loving what appeals to the soul this is the miser's curse this the chain and ball the sensualist drags.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously."

Folly will run its course and it is the part of wisdom not to take it too seriously.




Al Spalding Quotes: "To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many."

To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many.



Al Spalding Quotes: "We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads."

We shrink from the contemplation of our dead bodies, forgetting that when dead they are no longer ours, and concern us as little as the hairs that have fallen from our heads.



Al Spalding Quotes: "The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth."

The ploughman knows how many acres he shall upturn from dawn to sunset: but the thinker knows not what a day may bring forth.



Al Spalding Quotes: "There are few things it is more important to learn than how to live on little and be therewith content: for the less we need what is without, the more leisure have we to live within."

There are few things it is more important to learn than how to live on little and be therewith content: for the less we need what is without, the more leisure have we to live within.



Al Spalding Quotes: "The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct."

The power of free will is developed and confirmed by increasing the number of worthy motives which influence conduct.



Al Spalding Quotes: "States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force."

States of soul rightly expressed, as the poet expresses them in moments of pure inspiration, retain forever the power of creating like states. It is this that makes genuine literature a vital force.



Al Spalding Quotes: "When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love."

When guests enter the room their entertainers rise to receive them; and in all meetings men should ascend into their higher selves, imparting to one another only the best they know and love.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men."

Whom little things occupy and keep busy, are little men.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs."

Work, mental or manual, is the means whereby attention is compelled, it is the instrument of all knowledge and virtue, the root whence all excellence springs.



Al Spalding Quotes: "They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn."

They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Make thyself perfect; others, happy."

Make thyself perfect; others, happy.



Al Spalding Quotes: "If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself."

If thou wouldst be implacable, be so with thyself.



Al Spalding Quotes: "As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants."

As our power over others increases, we become less free; for to retain it, we must make ourselves its servants.



Al Spalding Quotes: "If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books."

If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.



Al Spalding Quotes: "When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning."

When we have attained success, we see how inferior it is to the hope, yearning and enthusiasm with which we started forth in life's morning.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Insight makes argument ridiculous."

Insight makes argument ridiculous.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption"

Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption



Al Spalding Quotes: "Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life."

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons."

Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.



Al Spalding Quotes: "If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless."

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry."

Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind."

Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind.



Al Spalding Quotes: "It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign."

It is the business of the teacher ... to fortify reason and to make conscience sovereign.



Al Spalding Quotes: "One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant."

One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority."

Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority.



Al Spalding Quotes: "There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious."

There is some lack either of sense or of character in one who becomes involved in difficulties with the worthless or the vicious.



Al Spalding Quotes: "It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way."

It is unpleasant to turn back, though it be to take the right way.



Al Spalding Quotes: "The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects."

The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.



Al Spalding Quotes: "If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject."

If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.



Al Spalding Quotes: "If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?"

If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?



Al Spalding Quotes: "The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect."

The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity."

Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.



Al Spalding Quotes: "The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope."

The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope.



Al Spalding Quotes: "The important thing is how we know, not what or how much."

The important thing is how we know, not what or how much.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle."

Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.



Al Spalding Quotes: "Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble."

Passion is begotten of passion, and it easily happens, as with the children of great men, that the base is the offspring of the noble.



Al Spalding Quotes: "We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us."

We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.