41 Quotes by Dean Stanley

Would that our harsh judgments could be restrained, our impatience checked, our selfishness broken down, our passions controlled, our waste of time and life in worthless or unworthy objects corrected, by the thought that there is One in whose hands we are, who cares for us with a parent's love, who will judge us hereafter without the slightest tinge of human' infirmity, the All-Merciful and the All-Just.

Posterity preserves only what will pack into small compass. Jewels are handed down from age to age; less portable valuables disappear.

You never get to the end of Christ's words. There is something in them always behind. They pass into proverbs--they pass into laws--they pass into doctrines--they pass into consolations; but they never pass away, and, after all the use that is made of them, they are still not exhausted.

The best antidote against evils of all kinds, against the evil thoughts that haunt the soul, against the needless perplexities which distract the conscience, is to keep hold of the good we have. Impure thoughts will not stand against pure words and prayers and deeds. Little doubts will not avail against great certainties. Fix your affections on things above, and then you will less and less be troubled by the cares, the temptations, the troubles of things on earth.

I doubt if hard work, steadily and regularly carried on, ever yet hurt anybody.

Most people would succeed above themselves.

We've not had a significant utilization of the chamber staff, ... But if I needed administrative help, I could call on the chamber staff for that.

At the margin, we remain a holder of Microsoft shares, not an aggressive buyer.

The timing and magnitude of this ($900 million) charge was a surprise, ... The fact that they are taking the charge now makes you wonder how far they would have (missed their mark) for the quarter. It really calls the quality of the earnings into question.