Great Throughts Treasury

"Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other."

"Instead of a gem or a flower, cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend."

"Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. "

"Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon. "

"Attitudes are more important than facts. "

"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing. "

"Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. "

"It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. "

"The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done. "

"You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud. "

"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."

"It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another..."

"Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness."

"Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing"

"Whose work is it but your own to open your eyes? But indeed the business of the universe is to make such a fool out of you that you will know yourself for one, and begin to be wise"

"The principle part of faith is patience."

"The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. "

"Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty."

"There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing."

"A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer"

"There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve"