J. G. Holland Quotes
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There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
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My God! I thank Thee for the bath of sleep, That wraps in balm my weary heart and brain, And drowns within its waters still and deep My sorrow and my pain. I thank Thee for my dreams, which loose the bond That binds my spirit to its daily load, And give it angel wings, to fly beyond Its slumber-bound abode.
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The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we admit the doctrine of universal and special providence.
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Joys divided are increased.
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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.
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It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.
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The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.
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The temple of art is built in words.
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How long must the church live before it will learn that strength is won by action, and success by work, and that all this immeasurable feeding without action and work is a positive damage to it--that it is the procurer of spiritual obesity, gout, and debility.
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All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery.
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God gave every man individuality of constitution, and a chance for achieving individuality of character. He puts special instruments into every man's hands by which to make himself and achieve his mission.
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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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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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Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.
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A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences.
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What is the little one thinking about?
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There is really nothing left to a genuine idle man, who possesses any considerable degree of vital power, but sin.
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There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing.
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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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To labor rightly and earnestly is to walk in the golden track that leads to God. It is to adopt the regimen of manhood and womanhood. It is to come into sympathy with the great struggle of humanity toward perfection. It is to adopt the fellowship of all the great and good the world has ever known.
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Ideals are the world's masters.
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God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.
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If you want learning, you must work for it.
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Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone.