Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes


Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.

No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.