Ralph Hodgson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Faith
The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Wall #May #Handwriting
I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Prayer #Smell #Rose
Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Time #Men #One Day
God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Sea #Rainbow #God Love
Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Dream #Boring
I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Sweet #Eye #People
Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.
-- Ralph Hodgson

#Stars #Eye #Sky

Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in commerce, and in industry, or his mind, in the world of art, and science - he is, in whatsoever it may be, constantly standing before the face of God. He is employed in the service of his God. He has strictly to obey his God. And above all, he has to aim at the glory of his God.
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.
I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.
Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.
I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.
The needs of the times will teach you what to do.
The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand, and the most precious that he possess, even if he does not realize it, is family life.
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.

Ralph Hodgson famous quotes

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