Ralph W. Sockman Quotes

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

Good habits which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.