H.W. Charles Quotes

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company

Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation and everything that is finest in human history.

Citizenship is the chance to make a difference to the place where you belong.

Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child

No one, at night, really believes he'll live forever.

Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.

When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.

I never said it was possible. I only said it was true.

God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.

Should one continue to base one's life on a system of belief that--for all its occasional wisdom and frequent beauty--is demonstrably untrue?

Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.

Jesus, Thou art all compassion, pure unbounded love Thou art; Visit us with Thy salvation, enter every trembling heart.

How little chance the Holy Ghost has nowadays. The churches and missionary societies have so bound Him in red tape that they practically ask Him to sit in a corner while they do the work themselves.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

We can all take responsibility for helping to bring about change, and keeping our friends and colleagues safe from domestic violence

God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience.

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.

At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.

Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime.

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

Begin early to teach, for children begin early to sin.

The beaver told the rabbit as they stared at the Hoover Dam: No, I didn't build it myself, but it's based on an idea of mine

Success is that old ABC: ability, breaks and courage.

The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself.

Encourage one another. Many times a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept people on their feet.

When we have God in clear focus, His powerful presence eclipses our fear.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

Courage is a peculiar kind of fear.

Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.

what matters most is how well you walk through the fire

Power is like saltwater; the more you drink, the thirstier you get.

The future of retail is the integration of Internet and digital services with the retail network.

You will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.

The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

The best way to live above all fear of death is to die every morning before you leave your bedroom.

People tend to want to follow the beaten path. The difficulty is that the beaten path doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.

I have had to learn the simplest things last. Which made for difficulties.

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

The entire universe is perfused with signs, if it is not composed exclusively of signs.

Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".

I don't think any of us really knows why we're here. But I think we're supposed to believe we're here for a purpose.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and tears are only rain to make love grow.

Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.