5 Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes on Growth

Harry Emerson Fosdick quotes on growth

3. 'A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.'

13. 'He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. '

18. 'Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what we make out of what they do to us.'

19. 'No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.'

23. 'Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world- making the most of one's best. '