J. G. Holland Quotes
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The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
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Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.
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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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Work was made for man, and not man for work. Work is man's servant, both in its results to the worker and the world. Man is not work's servant, save as an almost universal perversion has made him such.
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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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Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
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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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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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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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The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
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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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Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.
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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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Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
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The temple of art is built in words.
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If you want learning, you must work for it.
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He that cannot paint must grind the colors.
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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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Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress.
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A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.
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The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.