True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be. William Rounseville Alger More Quotes by William Rounseville Alger More Quotes From William Rounseville Alger After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. William Rounseville Alger smile cheer happiness Keep your working power at its maximum. William Rounseville Alger maximum The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance. William Rounseville Alger pluck fragrance flower Every man is his own greatest dupe. William Rounseville Alger dupes men enemy A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason. William Rounseville Alger crowds sympathy thinking To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. William Rounseville Alger appreciate mind exercise What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. William Rounseville Alger destiny league peace The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe. William Rounseville Alger traditional believer god Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor. William Rounseville Alger plus courage men Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve. William Rounseville Alger twilight two fall Nemesis is one of God's handmaids. William Rounseville Alger nemesis handmaids retribution Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth. William Rounseville Alger ice pride may Polite beggary is too common. William Rounseville Alger request polite common Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature. William Rounseville Alger poetry literature natural There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty. William Rounseville Alger obligation duty liberty The heart must glow before the tongue can gild. William Rounseville Alger tongue heart Laws are the silent assessors of God. William Rounseville Alger silent law He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any. William Rounseville Alger bigots opinion masters Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms. William Rounseville Alger atmosphere atoms public-opinion The most terrible of all things is terror. William Rounseville Alger terror terrible all-things
