Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes
No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.
Quotes to Explore
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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We can still turn the world upside down. We can be living torches for Christ today.
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None wise dares hopeless venture.
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I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.
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Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers.
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look for a lovely thing and you will find it, it is not far, it never will be far
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When we choose to live authentically we chip away at others prisons of pretend and create an opportunity for them to walk out of darkness into freedom.
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As Christians, we're asked to give. In my sport, if someone needs equipment or help with something, regardless of who they are as a competitor, I'm called to help them for a higher purpose. So it definitely affects everything I do. It's not easy. It's very hard to love everyone.
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I feel like I'm giving other people such an opportunity to go and reach for something.
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At the beginning they wanted me to sing as sweet as a flower, even Ernesto Alonso put me a strapless dress and high heels and as soon as I went down the stairs I fell. I didn't even make it to the stage.
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I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare that they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the preparation of war.
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Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power. There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly.
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You know I have duties──we both have duties──before which feeling must be sacrificed.
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Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of success. It sharpens a person's wits, if that person will let it, enabling him or her to see more clearly and evaluate situations with a more knowledgeable judgment.
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No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.
