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Harry Emerson Fosdick quotes

American Clergyman May 24, 1878 – October 5, 1969

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Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says..."
The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot..."
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward. Harry Emerson Fosdick
The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritation gets into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get rid of them he uses the irritation to do the lovelist thing an oyster ever has the chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but…make a pearl. -In the Treasure Chest, ed. Charles L. Wallis Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that..."
God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to..."
God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things. Harry Emerson Fosdick
To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Whatever the situation and however disheartening it may be, it is a great hour when a man ceases adopting difficulties as an excuse for despondency and tackles himself as the real problem. No mood need be his master. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package."
A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and..."
I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid..."
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it..."
He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "Our power is not so much in us as through us."
Our power is not so much in us as through us. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis."
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to..."
We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick quote: "Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to."
Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. Harry Emerson Fosdick

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