H.W. Charles Quotes
Courage is generosity of the highest order for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.
The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further and try to plant a virtue in its place.
When a man dies he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life.
There is no such thing as death In nature nothing dies: From each sad moment of decay Some forms of life arise.
Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices: the disciplines you choose to keep the people you chose to be with and the laws you choose to obey.
Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh ... to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies.
While democracy must have its organization and controls its vital breath is individual liberty.
How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion when I cannot make two timepieces agree!
All business proceeds on beliefs or judgment of probabilities and not on certainties.
"Christ the Lord is risen today " Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high Sing ye heavens and earth reply.
Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out brains to make room for it.
I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalties but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.
It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you've wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.
You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.
Failures are divided into two classes: those who thought and never did and those who did and never thought.
A faith that sets bounds to itself that will believe so much and no more that will trust so far and no further is none.
Let us move on and step out boldly though it be into the night and we can scarcely see the way. A Higher Intelligence than the mortal sees the road before us.
No true and permanent Fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
Here cometh April again and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties came prepared to forgive neither party came prepared to be forgiven.
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it or not.
How few are our real wants and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.
True contentment depends not upon what we have a tub was large enough for Diogenes but a world was too little for Alexander.
Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried.
The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.
Nobody who is afraid of laughing and heartily too at his friend can be said to have a true and thorough love for him.
The wise man's ... friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people evoked as it is by many qualities.
True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to.
In putting off what one has to do one runs the risk of never being able to do it.
