H.W. Charles Quotes

the rent is a little higher herebut so far I've been able to pay itand that's a miracle toolike still maybe being sanewhile thinking of guns and sidewalksand old ladies in libraries.

We'll start to forget a place once we left it

God bless us every one.

It is a far far better thing that I do than anything I have ever done it is a far far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.

I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like a conscience.

I have called the principle by which each slight variation if useful is preserved by the term of Natural Selection.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Once a gentleman always a gentleman.

This is a world of action and not for moping and droning in.

'Umble we are 'umble we have been 'umble we shall ever be.

If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.

The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate and is sometimes equally convenient.

It is not how much we have but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.

It's over and can't be helped and that's one consolation as they always say in Turkey when they cut the wrong man's head off.

I have called this principle by which each slight variation if useful is preserved by the term natural selection.

The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the "Survival of the fittest" is more accurate and is sometimes equally convenient.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life.

Time is the greatest and longest-established spinner of all. ... His factory is a secret place his work noiseless and his hands are mutes.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favour of two.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many-not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

As for future life every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us and I for one must be content to remain agnostic.

As for a future life every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague possibilities.

Secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster.

Minds like bodies will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

"It was as true " said Mr. Barkis ... "as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them."

"It was as true" said Mr. Barkus "as taxes is. And nothing is truer than them."

I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth.

In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God's nature to keep His promises. Therefore, go immediately to His throne and say, 'Do as You promised.'

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Think not that humility is weakness it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer bow thyself and become invincible.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

The first fresh hour of every morning should be dedicated to the Lord, whose mercy gladdens it with golden light.

The three most powerful and most apparent means used by Rome to retain her power over the minds of her votaries are Ignorance, Superstition, and Persecution.

There is a power in God's gospel beyond all description.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

A dark cloud is no sign that the sun has lost his light and dark black convictions are no arguments that God has laid aside His mercy.

Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity.

To every soul that knows how to pray, to every soul that by faith comes to Jesus, the true mercy seat, divine sovereignty wears no dark and terrible aspect but is full of love.

Young men, trust God, and make the future bright with blessing. Old men, trust God, and magnify him for all the mercies of the past.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine.

All the goodness I have within me is totally from the Lord alone. When I sin, it is from me and is done on my own, but when I act righteously, it is wholly and completely of God.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.

I used to have more tolerance for these views, but I am losing patience with what I see. The test of anything is the fruit it bears. I see no good fruit being born.

You need to remember, he told her, that you don't have another life in the bank. You got to make the most of the one you're living right now. - Old Man Crow