Thomas Draxe famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
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No one man is superior to the game.
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The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
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We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.
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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
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I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.
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These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs.
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That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.
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Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so glorious an example to mankind!