Edwin Hubbel Chapin quotes

" Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. " # Action # Death and Dying # Love

" Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. " # Forgiveness # Revenge # Courage

" An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. " # Age and Aging # Heaven # Christians and Christianity

" Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite. " # Endurance # Alliances # Love

" The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it. " # Happiness # Freedom # Power

" The essence of justice is mercy. " # Justice

" Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. " # Appearance # Laughter # Peace

" Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening. " # Motivation # Love # Death and Dying

" The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered the chance; and made chance the servitor. " # Opportunity

" Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. " # Ostentation