Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick

Quotes

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Similar Authors: