Gerald Stanley Lee Quotes

United States, Author
October 4, 1862 – 1944.

Gerald Stanley Lee was an American Congregational clergyman and the author of numerous books and essays. Lee was "a frequent contributor of reviews to the Critic and other periodicals and wrote books on religion, modern culture, and physical fitness."

Also known as Clergyman

There is never any real danger in allowing a pedestal for a hero. He never has time to sit on it. One sees him always over and over again kicking his pedestal out from under him, and using it to batter a world with.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- Real
- Danger
- Kicking
Christmas it too large to be tucked away in the toe of a child's stocking.

Gerald Stanley Lee

Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- Moral
- Turning
- Cheek
The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- Great
- Men
- Hands
Crowds speak in heroes.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- Speak
- Crowds
America is a tune. It must be sung together.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- America
- Together
- Sung
Cities are the huge central dynamos of all being. The power of a man can be measured today by the mile, the number of miles between him and the city; that is, between him and what the city stands for -- the centre of mass.

Gerald Stanley Lee
- Today
- Numbers
- Mass