Henry S. Haskins
13 quotes
"… memories that never ride anything but sound waves."
"Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light."
"We have to serve ourself many years before we gain our own confidence."
"Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance."
"An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were."
"Treat the other man's faith gently: it is all he has to believe with."
"Acceptance makes any event put on a new face."
"The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."
"No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage."
"A stiff attitude is one of the phenomena of rigor mortis."
"Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it in place of dust."
"If a man hears much that a woman says she is not beautiful."
"Disappointments should be cremated not embalmed."