Josiah Gilbert Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland, (1819 - 1881), novelist and poet, born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly (afterwards the Century Magazine), in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote Bitter Sweet (1858), Kathrina, etc.

16 Quotes

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Ideals are the worlds masters.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Joys divided are increased.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

A mind grows by what it feeds on.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Work and wait, work and wait is what God says to us in creation.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Calmness is the cradle of power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.

Josiah Gilbert Holland

The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the mood's of people, and his tact in dealing with them.

Josiah Gilbert Holland