"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Adversity · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1021/">He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/adversity/">Adversity</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Democracy · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/10448/">Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/democracy/">Democracy</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Hatred · 4 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/18620/">Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/hatred/">Hatred</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Imagination · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/20425/">Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/imagination/">Imagination</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Liberty · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/23235/">Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/liberty/">Liberty</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Neighbors · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/28121/">To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/neighbors/">Neighbors</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Our power is not so much in us as through us."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Power · 3 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/31655/">Our power is not so much in us as through us..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/power/">Power</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Action · 2 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/546/">No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/action/">Action</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Change · 1 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/5686/">Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/change/">Change</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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"He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson · Choice · 0 fans >>
<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/6490/">He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end..</a></blockquote><br> -- <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2574/">Fosdick, Harry Emerson</a><br> On <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/choice/">Choice</a> from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/">Quotations Book</a> Post or embed · Email to friend
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