H.W. Charles Quotes

Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion.

Our squalid society rushed, Narcissus to a man, to gaze on its trivial image on a scrap of metal.

Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.

When we come to the end of self we come to the beginning of Christ.

Never not dare to hang yourself. That's the only way you grow in your profession. You must continually attempt things that you think are beyond you, or you get into a complete rut.

City needs creativity to retain the high performers who have lived there for years as well as to attract new, interesting residents.

The end for which Christ lives, and for which He has left His church in the world, is the salvation of sinners.

Faith is the silver thread upon which the pearls of the graces are to be hung. Break that, and you have broken the string - the pearls lie scattered on the ground.

It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice.

It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.

Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination.

Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.

I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water, and lifting up her hands, she said, as a blessing, What! all this, and Christ too?

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

If you meet with a system of theology which magnifies man, flee from it as far as you can.

The blankets had fallen off and I stared down at her white back, the shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow into wings, poke through that skin. Little blades. She was helpless.

The worst part of it is you don't know if he's barking at an owl, the moon or a burglar!" "That's one of the drawbacks of a limited vocabulary!

If it doesn't swim, run, or fly, or isn't green and grow in the ground, don't eat it.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

If there is any verse that you would like left out of the Bible, that is the verse that ought to stick to you, like a blister, until you really attend to its teaching.

I think, therefore I'm going to have breakfast.

Death is no punishment to the believer: it is the gate of endless joy.

The mercury light doesn't show red. It makes the blood in your skin look blue-black. But see how splendidly it brings out the green in the plants.

Beloved, can you feel assured that He carried your sin?

Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer.

Carve your name on hearts, not on marble

Social media is where losers go to feel important.

A man cannot have a pure mind who refuses apple dumplings.

The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.

I long for nothing more earnestly than to serve God with all my might.

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.

A Christian has no right being in a fight unless it's a spiritual fight.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

As children of a sovereign God, we are never victims of our circumstances.

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

Those who believe in ghosts always see them.

I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task.

Men have the grand vision, and they pass it on to somebody else to put into practice. Women follow the details more, they want to know that it is being put into practice.

I learned the way a monkey learns - by watching its parents.

All I'm saying is that there is a price to be paid at the sharp end.. environmentally and everywhere else.. for the food that is produced in a particular way.

Nothing is true unless it works. And it has to work for you, not for someone else.

Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid.

The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.