O. Henry Quotes

Preaching that costs nothing accomplishes nothing.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

The spring came suddenly, bursting upon the world as a child bursts into a room, with a laugh and a shout and hands full of flowers.

If you have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience.

She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence

Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.

True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.

Whatever you resist will persist.

Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

My most cherished possession I wish I could leave you is my faith in Jesus Christ, for with Him and nothing else you can be happy, but without Him and with all else you'll never be happy.

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

When the government makes loans or subsidies to business, what it does is to tax successful private business in order to support unsuccessful private business.

Men will be just to men when they are kind to animals.

Every man has his secret sorrows.

A sculptor is a person obsessed with the form and the shape of things, and it's not just Ihe shape of any one thing, but the shape of any thing and everything.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture.

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.

To look ahead one must learn to look back.

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

I cannot believe that the killing of 2,000 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies a person for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency.

Everything hinges on how you look at things

Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.

People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.

To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.

My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.

When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

If the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts, the power to endure will crumble.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.

Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.

Nobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.

Opportunities will not overlook you because you are wearing overalls.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.

I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence.

We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time.

If the work is high and far, You must not only aim aright, But draw the bow with all your might.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.