Herbert Bayard Swope famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

  • The things that make me different are the things that make me.

  • When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

  • People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

  • Freedom is never given; it is won.

  • You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.

  • Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done.

  • Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

  • The death of a dream can in fact serve as the vehicle that endows it with new form, with reinvigorated substance, a fresh flow of ideas, and splendidly revitalized color. In short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward.

  • I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.