Occupation: Writer Birth: March 23, 1906 Death: November 1, 1971
We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting..
We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do..
The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us - whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid it. It comes alike to t….
There are few of us but who have been touched somehow by death. Some may not have been touched closely by it nor yet have kept vigil with it, but som….
Young people are going to go to someone, somewhere. And we had better see that that 'someone' is us..
But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to measure out the days and the years of men. We ….
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we neglect the divine . . .….
If we don't want temptation to follow us, we shouldn't act as if we are interested. No one ever fell over a precipice who never went near one..
May we never let the things we can't have or don't have or shouldn't have spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have..
We must carry things beyond conversation to conclusion..
Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves t….
Parents sometimes simply don't have enough hands and time and attention to do all that is urgent. But in all things there is a priority of importanc….
May we never let the things we can't have, or don't have, or shouldn't have, spoil our enjoyment of the things we do have and can have. As we value o….
We must not let the things we can't do keep us from doing the things we can do..
There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source of social stability than an….
Indeed, the greatest blessing that can follow the death of those we love is reconciliation. Without it there is no peace. But with it come quiet thou….
Marriage requires the giving and keeping of confidences, the sharing of thoughts and feelings, respect and understanding always, marriage requires hu….
There's no pillow quite so soft as a father's strong shoulder..
Live so as to have a quiet conscience..
It is a great moment in life when a father sees a son grow taller than he or reach farther..
We have to trust the Lord God for so many things, and it is but one thing more to trust him in the issues of life and death, and to accept the fact t….