I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards. William E. Gladstone More Quotes by William E. Gladstone More Quotes From William E. Gladstone Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals. William E. Gladstone loyaltylandlaw Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone happyhappinessinspirational We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. William E. Gladstone timelovelife If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you. William E. Gladstone coffee-and-teatea-drinkingcheer Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny. William E. Gladstone upliftingmotivationalinspirational Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone trustfearpeople No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes. William E. Gladstone great-mistakesmistakesuccess Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. William E. Gladstone welcomebookrooms I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible. William E. Gladstone followersbiblemen Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right. William E. Gladstone politicsinspirationalpeace Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. William E. Gladstone mistakemathmen National injustice is the surest road to national downfall. William E. Gladstone diversityjusticeculture Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world. William E. Gladstone sorrowinspirationalmen Justice delayed is justice denied. William E. Gladstone fairnesslawjustice You cannot fight against future. Time is on its side. William E. Gladstone futurefightingtime There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is still wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolut William E. Gladstone wisebrainmen Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. William E. Gladstone curseselfishrace My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation. William E. Gladstone divine-revelationmindworld There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order. William E. Gladstone freedomloyaltyorder The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious. William E. Gladstone majoritydrugwar
