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Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Lord I disbelieve -- help thou my unbelief.
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.
Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.
The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found read more
The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds. - Means and Ends of Education.
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I read more
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of read more
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.