It is magnificent to grow old, if one ke... by Harry Emerson Fosdick | We Heart Quotes

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It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Other quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Man Life

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe, and the riddle of man in his endowment with personal capacities.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Tragedy War Man

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

People

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

God

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Beginning Road End

He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

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