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

Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Topics: Tragedy Quotes, War Quotes

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

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...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to...

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

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.

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

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

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

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

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of...

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will...

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;...

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

The only victory over love is flight.

The only victory over love is flight.

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...