H.W. Charles Quotes
A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.
there is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy
The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.
I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconceivable--indescribable--my misery amazing.
writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
Faith never makes herself her own plea, she rests all her argument upon the blood of Christ.
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he keeps a very small stock of it within.
The old Paris is no more (the form of a city changes faster, alas! than a mortal's heart).
It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like.
Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.
A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War.
What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.
There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.
A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me.
People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.
Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.
Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor.
Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.
It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.
What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
At least with pets, and for all I know, people too, intelligence and quick-wittedness have nothing to do with a talent for being loved, or being kind, nothing at all, less than nothing.
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
There is no repentance where a man can talk lightly of sin, much less where he can speak tenderly and lovingly of it.
The nearer a man lives to God, the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart." -Charles Spurgeon
On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.