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…

Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Topics: Belief Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Learning Quotes, Life Quotes

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe,...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe,...

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until...

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It...