H.W. Charles Quotes
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.
Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
Jesus has borne the death penalty on our behalf. Behold the wonder! There He hang upon the cross!
It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten.
My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.
Color is made to obscure the brightest endowments, to degrade the fairest character, and to check the highest and most praiseworthy aspirations.
Where is the man, who, if asked to become a slave, would not hurl back the offer indignantly in the teeth of the oppressor?
Judicious mothers will always keep in mind that they are the first book read, and the last put aside, in every childs library.
Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.
Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things, and ministers to our immortal natures.
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.
Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .
Under the federal reserve act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figured, a mathematical equation.
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.
It was a long and gloomy night that gathered on me, haunted by the ghosts of many hopes, of many dear remembrances, many errors, many unavailing sorrows and regrets.
Inconsistent professing Christians injure the Gospel more than the sneering critic or the heretic.
I live only in the moment in this strange unmortal space, crowded with beauty, pierced with danger.
At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.
Come boldly, 'O believer, for despite the whisperings of Satan and the doubtings of thine own heart, thou art greatly beloved.
The youngster in me is still alive and kicking. I was infected by music at a very young age, so it's always kept me younger than springtime.
Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world
It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog.
Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.
There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals.
It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience.
No one would have been invited to dinner so often as Jesus was unless he were interesting and had a sense of humor.
Some days, a beautiful sunset with your best friend can be one of the most peaceful and relaxing mediations of the day.
I am for the small man who has not forgotten, for the man who loves his beer and his women and his sunlight
Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of one's enemy; its wages to be sure of it.
Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, ... I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational.
How bittersweet it is, on winter's night, To listen, by the sputtering, smoking fire, As distant memories, through the fog-dimmed light, Rise, to the muffled chime of churchbell choir.
You know what I think my best quality is? I think I'm nice to have around. I'd hate it if I weren't around!
Philosophy is a goddess, whose head indeed is in heaven, but whose feet are upon earth; she attempts more than she accomplishes, and promises more than she performs.