Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.
The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish. - J. G. Holland
The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.
- J. G. Holland
Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle. - J. G. Holland
Blessed is that man who knows his own distaff and has found his own spindle.
Joys divided are increased. - J. G. Holland
Joys divided are increased.
A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them. - J. G. Holland
A young man rarely gets a better vision of himself than that which is reflected from a true woman's eyes; for God himself sits behind them.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. - J. G. Holland
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty. - J. G. Holland
Perfect love holds the secret of the world's perfect liberty.
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. - J. G. Holland
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
A mind grows by what it feeds on. - J. G. Holland
A mind grows by what it feeds on.
That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures. - J. G. Holland
That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
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