J.G. Holland Quotes

Top 81 wise famous quotes and sayings by J.G. Holland

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. J.G. Holland Quotes

J.G. Holland Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from J.G. Holland on Wise Famous Quotes.

J.G. Holland quotes: A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particles of which it is composed. A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particles of which it is composed.
J.G. Holland quotes: Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine. Ah! soul of mine! Ah! soul of mine! Thy sluggish senses are but bars That stand between thee and the stars, And shut thee from the world divine.
J.G. Holland quotes: Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone. Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone.
J.G. Holland quotes: A woman in love is a very poor judge of character. A woman in love is a very poor judge of character.
J.G. Holland quotes: Humanity is constitutionally lazy. Humanity is constitutionally lazy.
J.G. Holland quotes: Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it. Work for immortality if you will: then wait for it.
J.G. Holland quotes: He that cannot paint must grind the colors. He that cannot paint must grind the colors.
J.G. Holland quotes: Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries. Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.
J.G. Holland quotes: The faculties of our souls differ as widely as the features of our faces and the forms of our frames. The faculties of our souls differ as widely as the features of our faces and the forms of our frames.
J.G. Holland quotes: I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose. I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.
J.G. Holland quotes: There is no truth which personal vice will not distort. There is no truth which personal vice will not distort.
J.G. Holland quotes: Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors. Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.
J.G. Holland quotes: God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.
J.G. Holland quotes: He never said it would be easy, He just said He'd go with me. He never said it would be easy, He just said He'd go with me.
J.G. Holland quotes: Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.
J.G. Holland quotes: The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer. The gentleman is solid mahogany; the fashionable man is only veneer.
J.G. Holland quotes: I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing. I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.
J.G. Holland quotes: Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity. Life is before you,- not earthly life alone, but life- a thread running interminably through the warp of eternity.
J.G. Holland quotes: Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.
J.G. Holland quotes: Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use. Many men and women spend their lives in unsuccessful attempts to spin the flax God sends them upon a wheel they can never use.
J.G. Holland quotes: If you want learning, you must work for it. If you want learning, you must work for it.
J.G. Holland quotes: If have got my spindle and my distaff readymy pen and mindnever doubting for an instant that God will send me flax. If have got my spindle and my distaff ready
my pen and mind
never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax.
J.G. Holland quotes: A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences. A man who in the struggles of life has no home to retire to, in fact or in memory, is without life's best rewards and life's best defences.
J.G. Holland quotes: It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law. It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law.
J.G. Holland quotes: All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery. All things unrevealed belong to the kingdom of mystery.
J.G. Holland quotes: God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands. God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.
J.G. Holland quotes: There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.
J.G. Holland quotes: In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect. In my judgment, a great mistake has been made by well meaning and zealous men, through treating error and infidelity with altogether too much respect.
J.G. Holland quotes: Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care. Posts of honor are evermore posts of danger and of care.
J.G. Holland quotes: Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable. Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable.
J.G. Holland quotes: Fashion is aristocratic-autocratic. Fashion is aristocratic-autocratic.
J.G. Holland quotes: The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
J.G. Holland quotes: Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man. Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.
J.G. Holland quotes: Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world. Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.
J.G. Holland quotes: Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him. Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.
J.G. Holland quotes: The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best. The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.
J.G. Holland quotes: If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed. If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed.
J.G. Holland quotes: Geology gives us a key to the patience of God. Geology gives us a key to the patience of God.
J.G. Holland quotes: Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power. Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.
J.G. Holland quotes: Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other. Communion is the law of growth, and homes only thrive when they sustain relations with each other.
J.G. Holland quotes: Everything good in a man thrives best when properly recognized. Everything good in a man thrives best when properly recognized.
J.G. Holland quotes: Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul. Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.
J.G. Holland quotes: It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny. It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.
J.G. Holland quotes: Fiction is most powerful when it contains most truth; and there is little truth we get so true as that which we find in fiction. Fiction is most powerful when it contains most truth; and there is little truth we get so true as that which we find in fiction.
J.G. Holland quotes: Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest. Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.
J.G. Holland quotes: A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion. A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion.
J.G. Holland quotes: Calmness is the cradle of power. Calmness is the cradle of power.
J.G. Holland quotes: A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life. A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.
J.G. Holland quotes: A noble deed is a step towards heaven. A noble deed is a step towards heaven.
J.G. Holland quotes: It is better to be a self-made man,filled up according to God's original pattern,than to be half a man, made after some other man's pattern. It is better to be a self-made man,
filled up according to God's original pattern,
than to be half a man, made after some other man's pattern.
J.G. Holland quotes: Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot. Childhood may do without a grand purpose, but manhood cannot.
J.G. Holland quotes: No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift. No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.
J.G. Holland quotes: The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments. The cry of the soul is for freedom. It longs for liberty, from the date of its first conscious moments.
J.G. Holland quotes: Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work. Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.
J.G. Holland quotes: The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish. The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.
J.G. Holland quotes: It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows. It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.
J.G. Holland quotes: There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their heel. There are crowds who trample a flower into the dust without thinking once that they have one of the sweetest thoughts of God under their heel.
J.G. Holland quotes: The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them. The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.
J.G. Holland quotes: Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life. Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.
J.G. Holland quotes: There are no twin souls in God's universe. There are no twin souls in God's universe.
J.G. Holland quotes: That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
J.G. Holland quotes: Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them. Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.
J.G. Holland quotes: Life always take on the character of its motive. Life always take on the character of its motive.
J.G. Holland quotes: Wants keep pace with wealth always. Wants keep pace with wealth always.
J.G. Holland quotes: Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty. Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty.
J.G. Holland quotes: There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words. There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words.
J.G. Holland quotes: The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience. The fact is that sin is the most unmanly thing in God's world. You never were made for sin and selfishness. You were made for love and obedience.
J.G. Holland quotes: We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires. We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.
J.G. Holland quotes: A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them. A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.
J.G. Holland quotes: Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress. Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress.
J.G. Holland quotes: Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle. Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle.
J.G. Holland quotes: The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character. The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
J.G. Holland quotes: Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer. Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer.
J.G. Holland quotes: No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life. No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life.
J.G. Holland quotes: There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing. There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing.
J.G. Holland quotes: Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men. Laws are the very bulkwarks of liberty; they define every man's rights, and defend the individual liberties of all men.
J.G. Holland quotes: There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance. There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.
J.G. Holland quotes: A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn. A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
J.G. Holland quotes: We work and that is godlike. We work and that is godlike.
J.G. Holland quotes: Music is a thing of the soul-a roselipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea-a strange bird singing the songs of another shore. Music is a thing of the soul-a roselipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea-a strange bird singing the songs of another shore.
J.G. Holland quotes: It is the life in literature that acts upon life. It is the life in literature that acts upon life.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.