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Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Age: 91 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 24
Died: 1969
Died: October 5
Author
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Buffalo
New York
H. E. Fosdick
Heal
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Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.
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Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
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Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
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No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
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Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself
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The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.
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We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
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Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
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No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.--Harry Emerson FosdickNo one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
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Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier
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The process has now run full circle: Preaching originates in personal counseling preaching is personal counseling on a group basis personal counseling originates in preaching. Personal counseling imparts to the preacher a practical familiarity with human nature which he would not otherwise obtain.
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My friends, nothing in all the world is so much worth thinking of as God, Christ, the Bible, sin and salvation, the divine purposes for humankind, life everlasting. But you cannot challenge the dedicated thinking of this generation to these sublime themes upon any such terms as are laid down by an intolerant church.
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Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
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Always take a job that is too big for you.
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He who cannot rest, cannot work he who cannot let go, cannot hold on he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
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One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.
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Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.
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Life asks not merely what you can do it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
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No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
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