Henry Emerson Fosdick Quotes & Sayings

I need to dream.
I need to believe.
I need to know that I have some control in my life.
That if I work hard, that I will be rewarded.
That life is not arbitrary.
I need to believe that bad things happen to good people, for a greater reason.
That dedication, sacrifice, hard work, discipline are all worthy attributes that will eventually produce extraordinary results.
That if I live a certain lifestyle, that my family will be better for that.
That there is a direct link between my actions and my results.
That If I prepare properly that I can face the insurmountable foe and look him in the eye and say "Bring it on, I can take whatever you can dish out."
I need to keep living in order to save my daughter from dying. — JohnA Passaro

We are once amore as babes awondering in a wold made fresh where with the hen in the storyaboot we start from scratch. — James Joyce

More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn themselves to the poles of the world, and whose axis is parallel to the axis of the world. Now, their toys are steam and galvanism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage. — Tertullian

I did not want to move. For I had the feeling that this was a place, once seen, that could not be seen again. If I left and then came back, it would not be the same; no matter how many times I might return to this particular spot the place and feeling would never be the same, something would be lost or something would be added, and there never would exist again, through all eternity, all the integrated factors that made it what it was in this magic moment. — Clifford D. Simak

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right. — Donald Rumsfeld

Fear brings your mind to the edge of insanity, where everything is so frighteningly crystal clear you can take in every little thing that's happening around you. Your body runs purely on adrenaline, with not a drop of blood pumping through your veins. — Michelle Horst

Design a clear and simple interface. The primary task of the interface is to present the player with a choice of the available actions at each moment and to provide instant feedback when the player makes a choice. — Jordan Mechner

He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. — Leo Tolstoy

There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't. — John C. Maxwell

Well, I'm leaning probably toward the sciences like physics. — Amy Carter