Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Strength
Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Change
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Power
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Nature
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Best
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Friendship
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. -Harry Emerson Fosdick Courage