Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for…

Quote by Ralph W Sockman

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The hope of free man in a frightened world is the values which man puts...

The hope of free man in a frightened world is the values which man puts...

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us...

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us...

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance...

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance...

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk...

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk...

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called...

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called...

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too...

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too...

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and...

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and...

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures...

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put...

When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put...

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its...

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its...

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and...

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others

The training which makes men happiest in themselves also makes them most serviceable to others