14 Quotes by John Bartholomew Gough

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.

The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

If the Bible is God’s word, and we believe it, let us handle it with reverence.

A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.

It may be a very little thing for you to say to a young man the few words that turn him from the way of ruin, and win him back to life and hope. It may be a very little thing to you; but it is every thing to the young man.

Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could.

Intemperance weaves the winding-sheet of souls.