William Allen Butler famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less, And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess, That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!
-- William Allen Butler

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And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days, On the whole do you think he would have much to spare If he married a woman with nothing to wear?
-- William Allen Butler

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God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.
Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.
Pharmaceutical companies are very annoyed with niacin because their products have to compete with it. Some of their cholesterol-lowering drugs cost up to $150 a month while niacin costs about $10.
Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
Time is priceless, yet it costs us nothing. You can do anything you want with it, but you canâ€™t own it. You can spend it, but you canâ€™t keep it. And once youâ€™ve lost it, there is no getting it back. Itâ€™s just gone.
What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And this little will suffice to save us if we be diligent in doing it.
You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.
The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.
A divided heart loses both worlds.

William Allen Butler famous quotes

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