Charles Simmons Quotes
Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.
Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.
Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.
Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.
Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
Determination is power. If the prospect be dark, kindle up the fire of resolution that nothing but death can extinguish.
Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.
Dare not usurp thy maker's place by giving way to wrath - wrath that goes forth in vengeance; "vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord."
It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless.
Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.
Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.
It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.