A mind grows by what it feeds on. J. G. Holland More Quotes by J. G. Holland More Quotes From J. G. Holland A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particles of which it is composed. J. G. Holland particles nations men All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery. J. G. Holland mystery kingdoms all-things There is really nothing left to a genuine idle man, who possesses any considerable degree of vital power, but sin. J. G. Holland degrees sin men 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. J. G. Holland character men hands If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed. J. G. Holland corn people firsts There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing. J. G. Holland godlike patient patience There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance. J. G. Holland reluctance men Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable. J. G. Holland despicable popularity knows 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. J. G. Holland christian character school There is no truth which personal vice will not distort. J. G. Holland vices Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors. J. G. Holland trustworthy wealth anchors Why will you be always sallying out to break lances with other people's wind-mills, when your own is not capable of grinding corn for the horse you ride? J. G. Holland horse wind people Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use. J. G. Holland failure use men My idea of the Christian religion is, that it is an inspiration and its vital consequences--an inspiration and a life--God's life breathed into a man and breathed through a man--the highest inspiration and the highest life of every soul which it inhabits; and, furthermore, that the soul which it inhabits can have no high issue which is not essentially religious. J. G. Holland inspiration religious christian A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion. J. G. Holland real men religion A man in whom religion is an inspiration, who has surrendered his being to its power, who drinks it, breathes it, bathes in it, cannot speak otherwise than religiously. J. G. Holland inspiration men religion Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot. J. G. Holland childhood purpose may God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. J. G. Holland purity heart world Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress. J. G. Holland progress mother father We often wonder that certain men and women are left by God to the commission of sins that shock us. We wonder how, under the temptation of a single hour, they fall from the very heights of virtue and of honor into sin and shame. The fact is that there are no such falls as these, or there are next to none. These men and women are those who have dallied with temptation--have exposed themselves to the influence of it, and have been weakened and corrupted by it. J. G. Holland temptation men fall
