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Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up Picture Quote #1

The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair Picture Quote #1

Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation Picture Quote #1

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want Picture Quote #1

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it... Peace is a consciousness of springs too deep for earthly droughts to dry up. Peace is the gift not of volitional struggle but of spiritual hospitality Picture Quote #1

A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the cellar... but he believes in the truth of the hours he spends upstairs Picture Quote #1

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The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so Picture Quote #1

Money is a miraculous thing. It is your personal energy reduced to a portable form and endowed with power you yourself do not possess. It can go where you cannot go; speak languages you cannot speak; lift burdens you cannot touch with your fingers; save lives with which you cannot deal directly Picture Quote #1

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us Picture Quote #1

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled Picture Quote #1

The man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it Picture Quote #1

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it’s as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom Picture Quote #1

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Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities Picture Quote #1

While each of us... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person Picture Quote #1

I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another Picture Quote #1

Nothing else matters much... not wealth, nor learning, nor even health... without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life Picture Quote #1

The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it Picture Quote #1

Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could Picture Quote #1

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It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it... Peace is a consciousness of springs too deep for earthly droughts to dry up. Peace is the gift not of volitional struggle but of spiritual hospitality (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the cellar... but he believes in the truth of the hours he spends upstairs (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Money is a miraculous thing. It is your personal energy reduced to a portable form and endowed with power you yourself do not possess. It can go where you cannot go; speak languages you cannot speak; lift burdens you cannot touch with your fingers; save lives with which you cannot deal directly (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) The man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it’s as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) While each of us... has depressed hours, none of us needs to be a depressed person (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Nothing else matters much... not wealth, nor learning, nor even health... without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations set into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get ride of them, he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but anyhow, make a pearl. And it takes faith and I love to do it (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes) Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could (Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes)

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