David Kaufman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is ... impossible to keep one's excellence in a little glass casket, like a jewel, to take it out whenever wanted. On the contrary, it can only be conserved by continuous and good practice.
Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
There are many ways of asking a favor; but to assume that you are granting the favor that you ask shows spirit and invention.
I'm asking you in your sermons to do the work of the Lord here on earth. I ask for your help in getting that message out urgently tomorrow.
One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?
If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'
A well begun is half ended.
Our political problem now is "Can we, as a nation, continue together permanentlyforever--half slave, and half free?" The problem is too mighty for me. May God, in his mercy, superintend the solution.
I spent 24 and a half years in prison

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