The finest quality of our characters do not come from trying but from the mysterious and yet most effective capacity to be inspired. Harry Emerson Fosdick More Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick More Quotes From Harry Emerson Fosdick Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of. Harry Emerson Fosdick doneselftrying Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory. Harry Emerson Fosdick victorypleasure Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. Harry Emerson Fosdick endurespoiledcan-do What a testing of character adversity is. Harry Emerson Fosdick testingadversitycharacter My friends, nothing in all the world is so much worth thinking of as God, Christ, the Bible, sin and salvation, the divine purposes for humankind, life everlasting. But you cannot challenge the dedicated thinking of this generation to these sublime themes upon any such terms as are laid down by an intolerant church. Harry Emerson Fosdick sublimechallengesthinking Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage. Harry Emerson Fosdick cowardicehonestyloyalty All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism. Harry Emerson Fosdick intelligentfaith-in-godhumble The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance. Harry Emerson Fosdick distancestarslight The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous enough, and his description of its wonders is among the noblest poetry of the race, but today the new science has opened to our eyes vistas of mystery that transcend in their inexplicable marvel anything the ancients ever dreamed. Harry Emerson Fosdick eyedreamjobs [L]ife ceases to be a fraction and becomes an integer. Harry Emerson Fosdick integersceasefractions Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are unalterable- disinterested love of truth, fidelity to facts, accuracy in measurement, exactness of verification-so, in life as a whole, the towering ethical criteria remain unshaken. Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage. Harry Emerson Fosdick honestyloyaltytruth I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses. Harry Emerson Fosdick hatewarpeace Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities. Harry Emerson Fosdick democracypoliticalspring The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No existent theology can be a final formulation of spiritual truth. Harry Emerson Fosdick starschangespiritual In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray." Harry Emerson Fosdick prayinglordprayer He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick strongcouragelove It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free. Harry Emerson Fosdick releasecynicismfaith No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.--Harry Emerson FosdickNo one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. Harry Emerson Fosdick inner-peacestresspeace Our power is not so much in us as through us. Harry Emerson Fosdick power The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling; preaching is personal counseling on a group basis; personal counseling originates in preaching. Personal counseling imparts to the preacher a practical familiarity with human nature which he would not otherwise obtain. Harry Emerson Fosdick groupscirclesrunning
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