O. Henry Quotes
Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep! A single step, and all is o'er, A plunge, a bubble, and no more.
How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seedtime of character?
The church is no more religion than the masonry of the aqueduct is the water that flows through it.
I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of sight, New earths and skies and seas around, And in my day the sun doth pale his light.
Not chance of birth or place has made us friends, Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, But the endeavor for the selfsame ends, With the same hopes, and fears, and aspirations.
I am wont to think that men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men. The former are so much the freer.
Magnificent autumn! He comes not like a pilgrim, clad in russet weeds; not like a hermit, clad in gray; but like a warrior with the stain of blood in his brazen mail.
How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.
I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down.
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.
Gone are the living, but the dead remain, And not neglected; for a hand unseen, Scattering its bounty like a summer rain, Still keeps their graves and their remembrance green.
During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of a deep depression.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
You cannot play the hypocrite before God; and to obtain pardon you must cease to sin, as well as to be exercised by a spirit of repentance.
Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.
The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person to be.
A return to the 1967 lines and the abandonment of the settlements near Jerusalem would be such a psychological trauma for Israel as to endanger its survival.
Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and the intercourse of men gentle!
Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us.
I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright.
Teach yourself to thankfully receive all that God gives you as evidence of His love and faithfulness, and then you'll find it easier to trust Him next time.
Gratitude is a two fold love - love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.
The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.
There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all is well, and harmony reigns in place of vexation and struggle.
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.
This joy of discovery is real, and it is one of our rewards. So too is the approval of our work by our peers.
