138 Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

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.

No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it. – Harry Emerson FosdickNo one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.

Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it’s as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.

Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier.

The man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

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.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: “Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray.”

The tragedy of war is that it uses man’s best to do man’s worst.