Henry James Byron famous quotes

03-28-2025

  • Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.

  • The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

  • Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

  • Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

  • God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.

  • The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.

  • The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

  • I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.

  • [What she told herself before interviews:] I am the way I am; I look the way I look; I am my age.

  • It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.