O. Henry Quotes
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
A critical knowledge of the evolution of the idea of property would embody, in some respects, the most remarkable portion of the mental history of mankind.
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.
I have always believed that if we do well, we must also do something to help others in society.
There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.
Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.
In the worst of times the best among us never lose their moral compass, and that is how they emerge relatively unscathed.
Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.
If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
Piracy often reflects market failures on the part of producers rather than moral failures on the part of consumers.
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.
To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy.
The walls that fence our fields, as well as modern Rome, and not less the Parthenon itself, are all built of ruins.
The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
The truth is that God can do anything He pleases through an ordinary person who is fully dedicated to Him.
If you will be humble and ask God what to do, I promise you that he will always prepare a way for your deliverance.
Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.
Those that set God always before them and walk before him with all their hearts, shall find him as good as his word and better; he will both keep covenant with them and show mercy to them.
The first thing I have at heart is American liberty; the second thing is American union.
What is morality but immemorial custom? Conscience is the chief of conservatives.
Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.
A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.
If we have faith in Jesus Christ the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing.
The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else.
