Harry Emerson Fosdick

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life is a...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life is a...

Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: I would rather...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: I would rather...

I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery, than live in a world so small that my mind could...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who chooses...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who chooses...

He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: No steam or...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: No steam or...

No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Watch what people...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Watch what people...

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: God has put...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: God has put...

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: A person wrapped...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: A person wrapped...

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: A good sermon...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: A good sermon...

A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side the...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: He who knows...

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life asks not...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life asks not...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Religion is something...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Religion is something...

Religion is something that only secondarily can be taught. It must must primarily be...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Our power is...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Our power is...

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preaching is personal...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Preaching is personal...

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Source: Recalled on his death, 5...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: We cannot all...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: We cannot all...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it great.

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: The extraordinary thing...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: The extraordinary thing...

The extraordinary thing about the oyster is when irritations get into his shell. When he cannot get rid of them, he...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Liberty is always...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Liberty is always...

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Source: In Correct...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Every human life...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Picture yourself vividly...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Picture yourself vividly...

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and the alone will contribute immeasurably to...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life consists not...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Life consists not...

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to...

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Harry Emerson Fosdick: It is magnificent...

Harry Emerson Fosdick: It is magnificent...

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

Source: From a collection of...

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