H.W. Charles Quotes
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.
I have always thought of Christmas time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.
What an immense impression Paris made upon me. It is the most extraordinary place in the world!
Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
I wear the chain I forged in life....I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.
The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.
The friend of God must not spend a day without God, and he must undertake no work apart from his God.
God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.
Sorrow for sin should be the keenest sorrow; joy in the Lord should be the loftiest joy.
If you don't believe that the world has a heart, then you won't hear it beating, you won't think it's alive and you won't consider what you're doing to it.
The greatest and most momentous fact which the history of the world records is the fact of-Christ's birth.
Whatever brings you to your knees in weakness carries the greatest potential for your personal success and spiritual victory.
In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.
Nobody else can make us discouraged; it is a choice that we alone make when facing disappointments.
The Bible reveals the Father's overall plan for the world and provides general guidelines for life. But how can we know His specific plans for us? Listening to God is essential to walking with God.
Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the world system, and our own lustful "flesh" tendencies.
The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.
Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.
Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.
There is no doubt that we live in an age of unprecedented, and sometimes terrifying, technological advance where the speed of advance so often outstrips the necessary ethical considerations.
Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?
People need me. I fill them. If they can't see me for a while they get desperate, they get sick. But if I see them too often I get sick. It's hard to feed without getting fed.
It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun
On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
I will walk by myself and cure myself in the sunshine and the wind.
Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it feels like to spend a whole weekend all by yourself and no one wants you at all.
In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.
The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality.
Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.
A true prayer is an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds, a revelation of hidden poverty.
Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.
A quality education grants us the ability to fight the war on ignorance and poverty.
The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.