Augustus William Hare
13 quotes.
Quotes by Augustus William Hare
- A Christian is God Almighty's gentleman.
- Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
- He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
- If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
- Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
- Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him to prepare the world for his coming.
- One of the main seats of our weakness lies in this very notion, that what we do at the moment cannot matter much; for that we shall be able to alter and mend and patch it just as we like by-and-by.
- Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.
- The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the greatest men.
- Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
- What is possible? What you will.
- When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart.
- When will talkers refrain from evil-speaking? When listeners refrain from evil-hearing.