Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick

Quotes

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

- 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

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

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