It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows. J. G. Holland More Quotes by J. G. Holland More Quotes From J. G. Holland No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life. J. G. Holland home-lifenationshome 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 particlesnationsmen All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery. J. G. Holland mysterykingdomsall-things There is really nothing left to a genuine idle man, who possesses any considerable degree of vital power, but sin. J. G. Holland degreessinmen 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 charactermenhands 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 cornpeoplefirsts There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing. J. G. Holland godlikepatientpatience There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance. J. G. Holland reluctancemen Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable. J. G. Holland despicablepopularityknows 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 christiancharacterschool There is no truth which personal vice will not distort. J. G. Holland vices Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors. J. G. Holland trustworthywealthanchors 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 horsewindpeople 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 failureusemen 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 inspirationreligiouschristian A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion. J. G. Holland realmenreligion 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 inspirationmenreligion Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot. J. G. Holland childhoodpurposemay God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. J. G. Holland purityheartworld Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress. J. G. Holland progressmotherfather
