J. G. Holland Quotes
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Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.
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The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
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Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
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I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.
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The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.
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Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.
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Every man's powers have relation to some kind of work; and whenever he finds that kind of work which he can do best--that to which his powers are best adapted--he finds that which will give him the best development, and that by which he can best build up, or make, his manhood.
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Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.
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A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.
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A noble deed is a step towards heaven.
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Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.
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Whatever of true glory has been won by any nation of the earth; whatever great advance his been made by any nation in that which constitutes a high Christian civilization, has been always at the cost of sacrifice; has cost the price marked upon it in God's inventory of national good.
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The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
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He that cannot paint must grind the colors.
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The temple of art is built in words.
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The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience.
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Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
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What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint?
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In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.
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Joys divided are increased.
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If you want learning, you must work for it.
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Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress.
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Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.
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All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and discipline of their faculties, and the same working of their life up to and into their high ideals of life.