24 Quotes by Hugh B. Brown

Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.

The honest investigator must be prepared to follow wherever the search of truth may lead. Truth is often found in the most unexpected places. He must, with fearless and open mind "insist that facts are far more important than any cherished, mistaken beliefs, no matter how unpleasant the facts or how delightful the beliefs.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

A wholesome sense of humor will be a safety valve that will enable you to apply the lighter touch to heavy problems and to learn some lessons in problem solving that “sweat and tears” often fail to dissolve.

Sometimes during solitude I hear truth spoken with clarity and freshness; uncolored and untranslated it speaks from within myself in a language original but inarticulate, heard only with the soul, and I realize I brought it with me, was never taught it nor can I efficiently teach it to another.

Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two.