God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. J. G. Holland More Quotes by J. G. Holland More Quotes From J. G. Holland Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature. J. G. Holland talentgeniusnature God give us men! A time like this demands. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not die. J. G. Holland stronghearttime A man may carry the whole scheme of Christian truth in his mind from boyhood to old age without the slightest effect upon his character and aims. It has had less influence than the multiplication table. J. G. Holland christiancharactermen The temple of art is built in words. J. G. Holland art-istemplesart No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift. J. G. Holland genuinesafetyhome The pleasant converse of the fireside, the simple songs of home, the words of encouragement as I bend over my school-tasks, the kiss as I lie down to rest, the patient bearing with the freaks of my restless nature, the gentle counsels mingled with reproofs and approvals, the sympathy that meets and assuages every sorrow, and sweetens every little success--all these return to me amid the responsibilities which press upon me now, and I feel as if I had once lived in heaven, and, straying, had lost my way. J. G. Holland encouragementsonglying Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care. J. G. Holland carehonordanger God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves. J. G. Holland birdgivingmean To labor rightly and earnestly is to walk in the golden track that leads to God. It is to adopt the regimen of manhood and womanhood. It is to come into sympathy with the great struggle of humanity toward perfection. It is to adopt the fellowship of all the great and good the world has ever known. J. G. Holland trackperfectionstruggle It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law. J. G. Holland restraintrogueslaw The moment that law is destroyed, liberty is lost, and men, left free to enter upon the domains of each other, destroy each other's rights, and invade the field of each other's liberty. J. G. Holland rightslawmen It is the life in literature that acts upon life. J. G. Holland literature Every man's powers have relation to some kind of work; and whenever he finds that kind of work which he can do best--that to which his powers are best adapted--he finds that which will give him the best development, and that by which he can best build up, or make, his manhood. J. G. Holland kindgivingmen In the homes of America are born the children of America; and from them go out into American life, American men and women. They go out with the stamp of these homes upon them; and only as these homes are what they should be, will they be what they should be. J. G. Holland homemenchildren A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences. J. G. Holland strugglehomememories Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. J. G. Holland laddersskyheaven Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. J. G. Holland rightslawmen The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses. J. G. Holland lightuseart Every man who can be a first-rate something -- as every man can be who is a man at all -- has no right to be a fifth-rate something; for a fifth-rate something is not better than a first-rate nothing. J. G. Holland abilitymenfirsts if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax. J. G. Holland flaxdoubtmind
