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The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.
Ralph W. Sockman
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
Ralph W. Sockman
Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
Ralph W. Sockman
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
Ralph W. Sockman
When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
Ralph W. Sockman
A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
Ralph W. Sockman
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
Ralph W. Sockman
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
Ralph W. Sockman
Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
Ralph W. Sockman
When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.
Ralph W. Sockman
Love is the outreach of self toward completion.
Ralph W. Sockman
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves.
Ralph W. Sockman
Ralph W. Sockman
Occupation:
American Leader
Born:
October 1, 1889
Died:
August 29, 1970
Quotes count:
14
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