Inspirational Quotations by Harry Emerson Fosdick

  • Fear imprisons, faith liberates;
    fear paralyzes, faith empowers;
    fear disheartens, faith encourages;
    fear sickens, faith heals;
    fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable.
    From Issue 38
  • He who chooses the beginning of a road
    chooses the place it leads to.
    It is the means that determine the end.
    From Issue 66
  • It is cynicism and fear that freeze life;
    it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.
    From Issue 72
  • No virtue is more universally accepted as
    a test of good character than trustworthiness.
    From Issue 277
  • Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
    From Issue 430
  • I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
    From Issue 432
  • The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
    From Issue 436

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