O. Henry Quotes

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

Wherever the fear of God rules in the heart, it will appear both in works of charity and piety, and neither will excuse us from the other.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

The first qualification for success in my view is a strong work ethic.

A test of your love for God is to examine your love for others.

A man must be himself or nothing!

It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into dimples.

Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all people should experience.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

World population needs to be decreased by 50%

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

Most innovations fail. And companies that don’t innovate die.

An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

No job is more vital to our society than that of the manager. It is the manager who determines whether our social institutions serve us well or whether they squander our talents and resources.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking!

A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

The Nile, forever new and old, Among the living and the dead, Its mighty, mystic stream has rolled.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.

Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond infinity.

Music is the universal language of mankind.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are.

Spiritual leadership is moving people on to God's agenda.

How earthy old people become --moldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no foretaste of immortality in it. They remind me of earthworms and mole crickets.

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.

A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.

As much as everyone says that Superman is good, a lot of other people might say that that's why they find him boring A lot of Batman fans might say that.

Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact.

To be an artist is to believe in life.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.