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Success is 99 percent failure.
Success is 99 percent failure.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it read more
Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.
I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and read more
I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.
A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.
A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import read more
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.