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“Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.” -John Haggai
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“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” -Ken Hakuta
“People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours.” -Ken Hakuta
Ken Hakuta is an inventor.
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“Find the good and praise it.” -Alex Haley
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“Cheerfulness is health; the opposite, melancholy, is disease.” -Thomas C. Haliburton: “Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and Modern Instances” (1853)
Thomas C. Haliburton was born in 1796. He was a Canadian politician, judge, and writer. He is known as the creator of the literary character Sam Slick. Thomas C. Haliburton passed on in 1865.
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“Try to be of some use to others.” -Joseph Hall: as attributed in Maturin M. Ballou: “Edge-Tools of Speech” (1886), page 41
Joseph Hall was born on 1 July 1574 in Leicestershire, Kingdom of England. He was married to Elizabeth Winiffe in 1603. He became a Christian bishop, a moral philosopher, a poet, and a satirist. Joseph Hall passed on at 82 years of age on 8 September 1656 in Heigham, Norfolk, England.
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“Even when life appears to be going in circles the view is always changing if you are paying attention.” -Kevin Hall
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“I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.” -Fitz-Greene Halleck
Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in 1790. Fitz-Greene Halleck passed on in 1867.
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“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off goals.” -William F. Halsey
“There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.” -William F. Halsey
William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior was born in 1882. He became an American naval commander and led campaigns in the Pacific during World War 2. William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior passed on in 1959.
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“A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.” -Alexander Hamilton: letter (29 December 1802) to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” -Alexander Hamilton (28 July 1788): as quoted in “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution” (1827 -1830) [work commonly known as “Elliot’s Debates”], volume 2, page 364
“It is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.” -Alexander Hamilton: letter (11 November 1794) to George Washington
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” -Alexander Hamilton
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.” -Alexander Hamilton
“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.” -Alexander Hamilton: as quoted in Burton Egbert Stevenson: “The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern” (1935)
Alexander Hamilton was born on 11 January 1755 or 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis, British West Indies. He became a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a major author of the “Federalist Papers,” and the first secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1789 - 1795). Alexander Hamilton passed on at about 47 or 49 years of age on 12 July 1804 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Education is being caught up into the expanding universe of thought.” -Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton was born in 1867. Edith Hamilton passed on in 1963.
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“Don’t believe the man who tells you there are two sides to every question. There is only one side to the truth.” -William Peter Hamilton: as quoted in Michael Wolff: “The Man Who Owns the News” (2008)
William Peter Hamilton was born in 1867. He was an editor of “The Wall Street Journal” newspaper. William Peter Hamilton passed on in 1929.
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A bell’s not a bell until you ring it
A song’s not a song until you sing it
Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay
Love isn’t love until you give it away!
-Oscar Hammerstein
“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” -Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895. He was an American songwriter. Oscar Hammerstein II passed on in 1960.
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“The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.” -Lionel Hampton
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“Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.” -Lorraine Hansberry
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“You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” -Mark Victor Hansen
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“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” -Helen Hanson
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“To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.” -Michael Hanson
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“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.” -G. H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold Hardy was born on 7 November 1877. He was a British mathematician. Godfrey Harold Hardy passed on at 70 years of age on 1 December 1947.
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“Your possessions should set you free like a boat or a pair of hiking boots. If you work for your possessions and they don’t set you free, what are you working for?” -Billy Harris
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“The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.” -Corra Harris
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“A winner paces himself; a loser has only two speeds: hysterical and lethargic.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Happiness is a direction and not a place.” -Sydney J. Harris
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?” -Sydney J. Harris
“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, ‘the greatest,’ but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.” -Sydney J. Harris
“The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.” -Sydney J. Harris
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.” -Sydney J. Harris
“What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.” -Sydney J. Harris
Sydney Justin Harris was born on 14 September 1917 in London, England. He immigrated to the United States of America with his family at 5 years of age. He became a syndicated columnist under the heading “Strictly Personal” and a drama critic. Sydney Justin Harris passed away at 69 years of age on 7 December 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
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“I’m like a child, trying to do everything, say everything, and be everything all at once.” -John Hartford
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“Some talk in quarto volumes and act in pamphlets.” -Henry S. Haskins: as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 77
“Who can set us straight in our labyrinth from the mazes of his own?” -Henry S. Haskins: as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 132
Henry Stanley Haskins was born in 1875 in New Jersey, United States of America. He became a stockbroker and man of letters. His aphorisms were edited and published anonymously as “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock. Henry Stanley Haskins passed on in 1957 in Vermont, United States of America.
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“What this country needs is more parents who do not expect the school and the church to assume the major responsibility for the rearing of their children.” -Mrs. Norman Hastings
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“3 Billion B.C.: The Earth is a swirling ball of flaming gases. Fishing is extremely poor, especially in August.” -Cliff Hauptman: “The Complete History of Fishing”
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“Positive thinking is reacting positively to a negative situation.” -Bill Havens
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“Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.” -Paul Hawken
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“Friends are the sunshine of life.” -John Hay
John Milton Hay was born in 1838. He was an American statesman, diplomat, and writer. John Milton Hay passed on in 1905.
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“As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!” -Louise Hay
“Every thought we think is creating our future.” -Louise Hay
“My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, all is good.” -Louise Hay
“Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer.” -Louise Hay
“The point of power is always in the present moment.” -Louise Hay
Louise Lynn Hay was born on 8 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She was a self-help and motivational writer, and the founder of the Hay House publishing company. She is known for her several New Thought self-help books, including “You Can Heal Your Life” (1984). Louise Lynn Hay passed on at 90 years of age on 30 August 2017. Author website is www.louisehay.com.
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“I’m going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.” -S. I. Hayakawa
“In a real sense people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” -S. I. Hayakawa
Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, also known as S. I. Hayakawa, was born on 18 July 1906 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He became an American professor of English, a president of San Francisco State University, and a United States Senator (1977 - 1983) representing the state of California. Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa passed on at 85 years of age on 27 February 1992 in Greenbrae, California, United States of America.
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“If you worry about what people think of you, it means that you have more confidence in their opinions than you have in your own.” -Harold Hayden
“Nothing is more certain than this: the person who cannot be happy without money will never be happy with money. One has only to read the daily papers to see that the wealthiest are not necessarily the happiest. If money does not make people happy, neither does it keep them from being happy. Happiness is independent of money, but dependent upon the spirit within.” -Harold Hayden
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“If you want to receive a great deal, you first have to give a great deal.” -R. A. Hayward
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“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile, can work wonders and accomplish miracles.” -William Hazlitt
“Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.” -William Hazlitt
“There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character. I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it.” -William Hazlitt
“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.” -William Hazlitt
“Well, I’ve had a happy life.” -William Hazlitt: as quoted in William Carew Hazlitt: “Memoirs of William Hazlitt: With Portions of His Correspondence” (1867)
William Hazlitt was born on 10 April 1778 in Maidstone, England. He was married to Sarah Stoddart in 1808. He became a painter, an essayist, a literary critic, a drama critic, an art critic, and a social commentator. William Hazlitt passed on at 52 years of age on 18 September 1830 in England.
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“All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.” -Lafcadio Hearn
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“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.” -William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was born in 1863. He became a publisher. William Randolph Hearst passed on in 1951.
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“Seeing is believing.” -Manfred Von Heimendahl
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“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” -Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907. He was an American science fiction writer. Robert Anson Heinlein passed on in 1988.
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“We spend billions of dollars trying to understand the origins of the Universe, while we still don’t understand the conditions for a stable society, a functioning economy, or peace.” -D. Helbing
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“We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us and from which at various times and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances we might be sure of drawing some comfort guidance and sympathy.” -Arthur Helps
Arthur Helps was born in 1813 in Streatham, South London, England. He became a writer and a clerk for the Privy Council. Arthur Helps passed on in 1875.
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“All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Courage is grace under pressure.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Live life to the fullest.” -Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America. He became a journalist and a writer. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. An additional three of his novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Ernest Miller Hemingway passed on at 61 years of age on 2 July 1961 in Ketchum Idaho, United States of America.
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“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.” -Mrs. Ernest Hemingway
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“After a storm comes a calm.” -Matthew Henry
“Saying and doing are two things.” -Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry was born in 1662. He became a writer. Matthew Henry passed on in 1714.
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“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” -Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn-Ruston was born on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She became a British actress, dancer, and model. Audrey Hepburn-Ruston passed on at 63 years of age on 20 January 1993 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees farther of the two.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“Although the Sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 322
“An idle youth, a needy age.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“Be useful where thou livest.” -George Herbert: “The Church Porch,” line 325
“Good words are worth much, and cost little.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 155
“Half the world knows not how the other half lives.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 901
“He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 305
“He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 830
“Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 533
“Light burthens long borne growe heavie.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), number 15
“None knows the weight of another’s burden.” -George Herbert
“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” -George Herbert
“The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“The shortest answer is doing.” -George Herbert
George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 at Montgomery Castle in Wales. He became an Anglican priest, a theologian, a religious poet, and an orator. George Herbert passed on at 39 years of age on 1 March 1633 in Bemerton, Wiltshire, England.
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“The term used to describe them (Ulster Scots) was rednecks, a Scots border term meaning Presbyterians.” -Arthur L. Herman: “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” (November 2001)
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“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” -Herodotus
Herodotus was born in about 484 B.C.E. in Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire. He was a writer, historian, and traveler of ancient Greece. Herodotus passed on at about 60 years of age in about 425 B.C.E. possibly in Thurii, Calabria or in Pella, Macedon.
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“A lot of men think that if they smile for a second somebody will take advantage of them, and they are right.” -Don Herold
“Very few people look the part and are it too.” -Don Herold
Don Herold was born in 1889. He became a writer, a cartoonist, and a humorist. Don Herold passed on in 1966.
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I do love I know not what;
Sometimes this and sometimes that.
-Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick was baptized on 24 August 1591 in Cheapside, London, England. He became a poet. Robert Herrick passed on at about 83 years of age on or a few days before 15 October 1674 in Dean Prior, England.
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“Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.” -Alice Herz-Sommer
Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz, was born on 26 November 1903 in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. She became a pianist and a music teacher. Alice Herz-Sommer passed on at 110 years of age on 23 February 2014 in London, England.
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“Just to be is a blessing.” -Abraham Heschel
“There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights.” -Abraham Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in 1907. He was a Jewish rabbi, theologian, and philosopher. Abraham Joshua Heschel passed on in 1972.
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“In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.” -Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl was born in 6 October 1914 in Larvik, Norway. He became an archeologist, an ethnologist, and an adventurer. He is known for organizing and leading the Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969 - 1970) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Thor Heyerdahl passed on at 87 years of age on 18 April 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy.
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“A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“A penny for your thoughts.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Beggars shouldn’t be choosers.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Better late than never.” -John Heywood “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Haste makes waste.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Look before you leap.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Many small make a great.” -John Heywood
“No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“One good turn deserves another.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“One swallow maketh not Summer.” -John Heywood
“When the iron is hot strike.” -John Heywood
“When the Sun shineth, make hay.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
John Heywood was born in about 1497. He was an English dramatist and poet. John Heywood passed on in 1580.
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“Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.” -Thomas W. Higginson
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“We are 90 percent alike, all we peoples, and 10 percent different. The trouble is that we forget the 90 percent and remember the 10 percent when we criticize others.” -Charles Higham
Charles Frederick Higham was born on 17 January 1876 in Walthamstow, London, England. He became a publicist, an advertising consultant, and a politician. Charles Frederick Higham passed on at 62 years of age on 24 December 1938 in Godstone, Surrey, England.
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“A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.” -Cullen Hightower
“People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.” -Cullen Hightower
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“The finest hours of life are not those spent among groups of people, but in good conversation with a few, in reading good books, in listening to great music, wandering in a forest of giant Sequoias, peering into a microscope, unraveling Nature’s secrets in a laboratory. The men who have the most to give their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a man to be alone with himself.” -Joel Henry Hildebrand
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“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill was born in 1685. Aaron Hill passed on in 1750.
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“If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well.” -Etty Hillesum
Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum was born in 1914. Her letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe her life as a Jewish woman in Amsterdam during the German occupation. Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum passed on in 1943. Her letters were published in 1981.
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“The course of our lives is not determined by great, awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run.” -Gordon B. Hinckley: General Conference Report (October 1973), page 106
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910. He became a writer and the longest presiding President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, from 12 March 1995 until his passing. Gordon Bitner Hinckley passed on at 97 years of age on 27 January 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“A day will never be any more than what you make of it. Practice being a doer!” -Josh Hinds
Josh Stephen Hinds was born in 1973. Author website www.JoshHinds.com.
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“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel towards what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.” -W. D. Hoard
William D. Hoard.
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“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.” -T. F. Hodge
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“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” -Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson was born in 1871. He was an American poet. Ralph Hodgson passed on in 1962.
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“It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.” -Eric Hoffer
“The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.” -Eric Hoffer
“We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.” -Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer was born in 1902. He became an American longshoreman, then turned moral and social philosopher and writer. He was the author of ten books, including his first book, “The True Believer” (1951). Eric Hoffer passed on in 1983.
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“The true measure of success in life is how many other lives you made better.” -Jeff Hoffman
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“I realize that there are other people who have days stranger than mine. I don’t know them. I don’t know anyone who knows them. But I’m sure they’re out there. Somewhere.” -Sarah Hoffman
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“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them!” -Ben Hogan
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“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.” -L. Thomas Holdcroft
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“It is not a question of how much a man knows, but what use he makes of what he knows; not a question of what he has acquired, and how he has been trained, but of what he is, and what he can do.” -J. G. Holland
“Joys divided are increased.” -J. G. Holland
Josiah Gilbert Holland, also known by the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb, was born on 24 July 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a doctor, but left the medical field to become a school superintendent, a novelist, an essayist, and a poet. He was a co-founder in 1870 with Roswell Smith, and editor, of “Scribner’s Monthly” magazine. He wrote the lyrics to the Methodist hymn “There’s a Song in the Air.” Josiah Gilbert Holland passed on at 62 years of age on 12 October 1881 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“One thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness.” -William E. Holler
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“Never limit your view of life by any past experience.” -Ernest Holmes
You are more than you appear to be -
Life is greater than you have ever known it -
The best is yet to come.
-Ernest Holmes
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was born in 1887. He became an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of the Religious Science movement and a part of the New Thought movement. He is the author of “The Science of Mind” and numerous other metaphysical books, and the founder of “Science of Mind” magazine, in continuous publication since 1927. His books remain in print, and the principles he taught as “Science of Mind” have inspired and influenced many generations. Mr. Holmes had previously studied another New Thought teaching, Divine Science, and was an ordained Divine Science Minister. Ernest Shurtleff Holmes passed on in 1960.
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“It is now the moment when, by common consent, we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior was born on 8 March 1841. He served as an Associate Justice and as Chief Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and was a professor of law at the Harvard Law School, of which he was an alumnus. He was also a legal historian and an associate justice of the American Supreme Court (1902 - 1932). Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior passed on at 93 years of age on 6 March 1935.
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“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Genius does not herd with genius.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Professor at the Breakfast-Table” (1859), Chapter XII
“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation, evermore!” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “Voyage of the Good Ship Union” (1862) poem
“Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars nor its great scholars great men.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior was born on 29 August 1809 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. He was married to Amelia Jackson in 1840. He was a physician, a novelist, a biographer, an essayist, and a poet. He is remembered for his books on medicine and surgery. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior passed on at 85 years of age on 7 October 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“We learn something by doing it. There is no other way.” -John Holt
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“The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.” -Henry Home
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“The small stones which fill up the crevices have almost as much to do with making the fair and firm wall as the great rocks; so wise use of spare moments contributes not a little to the building up in good proportions a man’s mind.” -Edwin Paxton Hood
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“When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.” -Richard Hooker
Richard Hooker was born in about 1554. He became a priest and theologian in the Church of England. Richard Hooker passed on in 1600.
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“Whatever advice you give, be brief.” -Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)
Horace was born in 65 B.C.E. He was a lyric poet of ancient Rome. Horace passed on in 8 B.C.E.
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“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” -Lena Horne
Lena Horne was born in 1917. She is an American singer and actress. Lena Horne passed on in 2010.
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“Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with the hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so you must attend to and nourish the garden of your becoming.” -Jean Houston
Jean Houston was born on 10 May 1937 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer and a lecturer. She and her husband Robert Masters co-founded The Foundation for Mind Research.
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“Life is like a blanket, too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder, but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.” -Marion Howard
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“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” -Vernon Howard
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“What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.” -John Howe
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“I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.” -Julia Ward Howe
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“The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” -Nathaniel Howe
Nathaniel Howe was born in 1764. He was an American minister. Nathaniel Howe passed on in 1837.
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“Respect a man, and he will do the more.” -James Howell
James Howell was born in about 1594. He was a writer. James Howell passed on in 1666.
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“The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.” -William Dean Howells
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“He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.” -Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt was born in 1799. Mary Howitt passed on in 1888.
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“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“Th’ feller that calls you ‘brother’ generally wants something that don’t belong to him.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“Th’ only way t’ entertain some folks is t’ listen t’ ’em.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard: “New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma’s Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut” (1916)
“There’s another advantage of being poor - a doctor will cure you faster.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard was born on 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Josephine Jackson in 1905. He became a journalist, a cartoonist, a humorist, and a political commentator. He is known for his “Abe Martin of Brown County” newspaper cartoon (1904 - 1932). Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard passed on at 62 years of age on 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“You have to do what you dream of doing even while you’re afraid.” -Arianna Huffington
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.” -Charles Evans Hughes
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“Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.” -Victor Hugo
“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.” -Victor Hugo
“Inspiration and genius - one and the same.” -Victor Hugo
“The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.” -Victor Hugo
“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.” -Victor Hugo
“Where the telescope ends the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?” -Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo was born on 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France. He became a visual artist, a romantic poet, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, and a statesman. He is known for his novels “Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1831; originally published as “Notre-Dame de Paris”) and “Les Misérables” (1862). His volumes of poetry include “Les Contemplations” and “La Légende des siècles.” Victor Marie Hugo passed on at 83 years of age on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France.
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“May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Jonathan Lockwood Huie was born on 28 June 1945.
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“Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.” -Hull
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“All men of action are dreamers.” -James G. Huneker (James Gibbons Huneker)
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“Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.” -Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was born on 7 January 1891. She was an American dramatist. Zora Neale Hurston passed on at 69 years of age on 28 January 1960.
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“Success consists of a series of little daily victories.” -Laddie Hutar
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” -Aldous Huxley
“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.” -Aldous Huxley
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” -Aldous Huxley
“What we perceive and understand depends upon what we are.” -Aldous Huxley: “Ends and Means” (1937), ‘Beliefs’
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on 26 July 1894. He was a son of Leonard Huxley and a brother of Julian Huxley. He became a novelist, an essayist, a magazine editor, a short story writer, a movie script writer, a critic, and a poet. His novels include, “Crome Yellow” (1921), “Point Counter Point” (1928), and “After Many a Summer” (1939). He moved to the United States of America in 1937. Aldous Leonard Huxley passed on at 69 years of age on 22 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.” -Laura Huxley
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“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” -Thomas Henry Huxley
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.” -Thomas Henry Huxley
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“Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your energies, focus all your capacities upon mastery of at least one field of endeavor.” -John Haggai
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“Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.” -Ken Hakuta
“People will try to tell you that all the great opportunities have been snapped up. In reality, the world changes every second, blowing new opportunities in all directions, including yours.” -Ken Hakuta
Ken Hakuta is an inventor.
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“Find the good and praise it.” -Alex Haley
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“Cheerfulness is health; the opposite, melancholy, is disease.” -Thomas C. Haliburton: “Sam Slick’s Wise Saws and Modern Instances” (1853)
Thomas C. Haliburton was born in 1796. He was a Canadian politician, judge, and writer. He is known as the creator of the literary character Sam Slick. Thomas C. Haliburton passed on in 1865.
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“Try to be of some use to others.” -Joseph Hall: as attributed in Maturin M. Ballou: “Edge-Tools of Speech” (1886), page 41
Joseph Hall was born on 1 July 1574 in Leicestershire, Kingdom of England. He was married to Elizabeth Winiffe in 1603. He became a Christian bishop, a moral philosopher, a poet, and a satirist. Joseph Hall passed on at 82 years of age on 8 September 1656 in Heigham, Norfolk, England.
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“Even when life appears to be going in circles the view is always changing if you are paying attention.” -Kevin Hall
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“I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.” -Fitz-Greene Halleck
Fitz-Greene Halleck was born in 1790. Fitz-Greene Halleck passed on in 1867.
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“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off goals.” -William F. Halsey
“There aren’t any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.” -William F. Halsey
William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior was born in 1882. He became an American naval commander and led campaigns in the Pacific during World War 2. William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior passed on in 1959.
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“A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.” -Alexander Hamilton: letter (29 December 1802) to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
“Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.” -Alexander Hamilton (28 July 1788): as quoted in “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution” (1827 -1830) [work commonly known as “Elliot’s Debates”], volume 2, page 364
“It is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.” -Alexander Hamilton: letter (11 November 1794) to George Washington
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” -Alexander Hamilton
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.” -Alexander Hamilton
“We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.” -Alexander Hamilton: as quoted in Burton Egbert Stevenson: “The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern” (1935)
Alexander Hamilton was born on 11 January 1755 or 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis, British West Indies. He became a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a major author of the “Federalist Papers,” and the first secretary of the Treasury of the United States (1789 - 1795). Alexander Hamilton passed on at about 47 or 49 years of age on 12 July 1804 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Education is being caught up into the expanding universe of thought.” -Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton was born in 1867. Edith Hamilton passed on in 1963.
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“Don’t believe the man who tells you there are two sides to every question. There is only one side to the truth.” -William Peter Hamilton: as quoted in Michael Wolff: “The Man Who Owns the News” (2008)
William Peter Hamilton was born in 1867. He was an editor of “The Wall Street Journal” newspaper. William Peter Hamilton passed on in 1929.
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A bell’s not a bell until you ring it
A song’s not a song until you sing it
Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay
Love isn’t love until you give it away!
-Oscar Hammerstein
“If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?” -Oscar Hammerstein
Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895. He was an American songwriter. Oscar Hammerstein II passed on in 1960.
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“The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.” -Lionel Hampton
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“Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.” -Lorraine Hansberry
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“You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” -Mark Victor Hansen
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“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” -Helen Hanson
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“To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.” -Michael Hanson
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“It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.” -G. H. Hardy
Godfrey Harold Hardy was born on 7 November 1877. He was a British mathematician. Godfrey Harold Hardy passed on at 70 years of age on 1 December 1947.
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“Your possessions should set you free like a boat or a pair of hiking boots. If you work for your possessions and they don’t set you free, what are you working for?” -Billy Harris
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“The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.” -Corra Harris
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“A winner paces himself; a loser has only two speeds: hysterical and lethargic.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Happiness is a direction and not a place.” -Sydney J. Harris
“If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?” -Sydney J. Harris
“It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re not comfortable within yourself, you can’t be comfortable with others.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Patriotism is proud of a country’s virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country’s virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, ‘the greatest,’ but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” -Sydney J. Harris
“Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.” -Sydney J. Harris
“The main discomfort in being a middle-of-the-roader is that you get sideswiped by partisans going in both directions.” -Sydney J. Harris
“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.” -Sydney J. Harris
“What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.” -Sydney J. Harris
Sydney Justin Harris was born on 14 September 1917 in London, England. He immigrated to the United States of America with his family at 5 years of age. He became a syndicated columnist under the heading “Strictly Personal” and a drama critic. Sydney Justin Harris passed away at 69 years of age on 7 December 1986 in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
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“I’m like a child, trying to do everything, say everything, and be everything all at once.” -John Hartford
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“Some talk in quarto volumes and act in pamphlets.” -Henry S. Haskins: as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 77
“Who can set us straight in our labyrinth from the mazes of his own?” -Henry S. Haskins: as published in Albert Jay Nock, editor: “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), page 132
Henry Stanley Haskins was born in 1875 in New Jersey, United States of America. He became a stockbroker and man of letters. His aphorisms were edited and published anonymously as “Meditations in Wall Street” (1940), with an introduction by Albert Jay Nock. Henry Stanley Haskins passed on in 1957 in Vermont, United States of America.
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“What this country needs is more parents who do not expect the school and the church to assume the major responsibility for the rearing of their children.” -Mrs. Norman Hastings
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“3 Billion B.C.: The Earth is a swirling ball of flaming gases. Fishing is extremely poor, especially in August.” -Cliff Hauptman: “The Complete History of Fishing”
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“Positive thinking is reacting positively to a negative situation.” -Bill Havens
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“Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.” -Paul Hawken
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“Friends are the sunshine of life.” -John Hay
John Milton Hay was born in 1838. He was an American statesman, diplomat, and writer. John Milton Hay passed on in 1905.
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“As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!” -Louise Hay
“Every thought we think is creating our future.” -Louise Hay
“My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, all is good.” -Louise Hay
“Somewhere someone is looking for exactly what you have to offer.” -Louise Hay
“The point of power is always in the present moment.” -Louise Hay
Louise Lynn Hay was born on 8 October 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. She was a self-help and motivational writer, and the founder of the Hay House publishing company. She is known for her several New Thought self-help books, including “You Can Heal Your Life” (1984). Louise Lynn Hay passed on at 90 years of age on 30 August 2017. Author website is www.louisehay.com.
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“I’m going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.” -S. I. Hayakawa
“In a real sense people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” -S. I. Hayakawa
Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, also known as S. I. Hayakawa, was born on 18 July 1906 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He became an American professor of English, a president of San Francisco State University, and a United States Senator (1977 - 1983) representing the state of California. Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa passed on at 85 years of age on 27 February 1992 in Greenbrae, California, United States of America.
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“If you worry about what people think of you, it means that you have more confidence in their opinions than you have in your own.” -Harold Hayden
“Nothing is more certain than this: the person who cannot be happy without money will never be happy with money. One has only to read the daily papers to see that the wealthiest are not necessarily the happiest. If money does not make people happy, neither does it keep them from being happy. Happiness is independent of money, but dependent upon the spirit within.” -Harold Hayden
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“If you want to receive a great deal, you first have to give a great deal.” -R. A. Hayward
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“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile, can work wonders and accomplish miracles.” -William Hazlitt
“Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.” -William Hazlitt
“There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character. I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it.” -William Hazlitt
“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.” -William Hazlitt
“Well, I’ve had a happy life.” -William Hazlitt: as quoted in William Carew Hazlitt: “Memoirs of William Hazlitt: With Portions of His Correspondence” (1867)
William Hazlitt was born on 10 April 1778 in Maidstone, England. He was married to Sarah Stoddart in 1808. He became a painter, an essayist, a literary critic, a drama critic, an art critic, and a social commentator. William Hazlitt passed on at 52 years of age on 18 September 1830 in England.
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“All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little.” -Lafcadio Hearn
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“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.” -William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst was born in 1863. He became a publisher. William Randolph Hearst passed on in 1951.
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“Seeing is believing.” -Manfred Von Heimendahl
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“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.” -Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907. He was an American science fiction writer. Robert Anson Heinlein passed on in 1988.
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“We spend billions of dollars trying to understand the origins of the Universe, while we still don’t understand the conditions for a stable society, a functioning economy, or peace.” -D. Helbing
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“We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us and from which at various times and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances we might be sure of drawing some comfort guidance and sympathy.” -Arthur Helps
Arthur Helps was born in 1813 in Streatham, South London, England. He became a writer and a clerk for the Privy Council. Arthur Helps passed on in 1875.
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“All my life I’ve looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Courage is grace under pressure.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” -Ernest Hemingway
“Live life to the fullest.” -Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on 21 July 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America. He became a journalist and a writer. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. An additional three of his novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Ernest Miller Hemingway passed on at 61 years of age on 2 July 1961 in Ketchum Idaho, United States of America.
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“If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.” -Mrs. Ernest Hemingway
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“After a storm comes a calm.” -Matthew Henry
“Saying and doing are two things.” -Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry was born in 1662. He became a writer. Matthew Henry passed on in 1714.
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“People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.” -Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn-Ruston was born on 4 May 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. She became a British actress, dancer, and model. Audrey Hepburn-Ruston passed on at 63 years of age on 20 January 1993 in Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees farther of the two.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“Although the Sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 322
“An idle youth, a needy age.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“Be useful where thou livest.” -George Herbert: “The Church Porch,” line 325
“Good words are worth much, and cost little.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 155
“Half the world knows not how the other half lives.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 901
“He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 305
“He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 830
“Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), proverb 533
“Light burthens long borne growe heavie.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651), number 15
“None knows the weight of another’s burden.” -George Herbert
“Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.” -George Herbert
“The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert: “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)
“The shortest answer is doing.” -George Herbert
George Herbert was born on 3 April 1593 at Montgomery Castle in Wales. He became an Anglican priest, a theologian, a religious poet, and an orator. George Herbert passed on at 39 years of age on 1 March 1633 in Bemerton, Wiltshire, England.
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“The term used to describe them (Ulster Scots) was rednecks, a Scots border term meaning Presbyterians.” -Arthur L. Herman: “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” (November 2001)
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“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.” -Herodotus
Herodotus was born in about 484 B.C.E. in Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor, Persian Empire. He was a writer, historian, and traveler of ancient Greece. Herodotus passed on at about 60 years of age in about 425 B.C.E. possibly in Thurii, Calabria or in Pella, Macedon.
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“A lot of men think that if they smile for a second somebody will take advantage of them, and they are right.” -Don Herold
“Very few people look the part and are it too.” -Don Herold
Don Herold was born in 1889. He became a writer, a cartoonist, and a humorist. Don Herold passed on in 1966.
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I do love I know not what;
Sometimes this and sometimes that.
-Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick was baptized on 24 August 1591 in Cheapside, London, England. He became a poet. Robert Herrick passed on at about 83 years of age on or a few days before 15 October 1674 in Dean Prior, England.
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“Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.” -Alice Herz-Sommer
Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz, was born on 26 November 1903 in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. She became a pianist and a music teacher. Alice Herz-Sommer passed on at 110 years of age on 23 February 2014 in London, England.
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“Just to be is a blessing.” -Abraham Heschel
“There are inalienable obligations as well as inalienable rights.” -Abraham Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel was born in 1907. He was a Jewish rabbi, theologian, and philosopher. Abraham Joshua Heschel passed on in 1972.
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“In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.” -Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl was born in 6 October 1914 in Larvik, Norway. He became an archeologist, an ethnologist, and an adventurer. He is known for organizing and leading the Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969 - 1970) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Thor Heyerdahl passed on at 87 years of age on 18 April 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy.
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“A man may well bring a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“A penny for your thoughts.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Beggars shouldn’t be choosers.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Better late than never.” -John Heywood “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Haste makes waste.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Look before you leap.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“Many small make a great.” -John Heywood
“No man ought to look a given horse in the mouth.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“One good turn deserves another.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
“One swallow maketh not Summer.” -John Heywood
“When the iron is hot strike.” -John Heywood
“When the Sun shineth, make hay.” -John Heywood: “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
John Heywood was born in about 1497. He was an English dramatist and poet. John Heywood passed on in 1580.
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“Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.” -Thomas W. Higginson
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“We are 90 percent alike, all we peoples, and 10 percent different. The trouble is that we forget the 90 percent and remember the 10 percent when we criticize others.” -Charles Higham
Charles Frederick Higham was born on 17 January 1876 in Walthamstow, London, England. He became a publicist, an advertising consultant, and a politician. Charles Frederick Higham passed on at 62 years of age on 24 December 1938 in Godstone, Surrey, England.
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“A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.” -Cullen Hightower
“People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.” -Cullen Hightower
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“The finest hours of life are not those spent among groups of people, but in good conversation with a few, in reading good books, in listening to great music, wandering in a forest of giant Sequoias, peering into a microscope, unraveling Nature’s secrets in a laboratory. The men who have the most to give their fellow men are those who have enriched their minds and hearts in solitude. It is a poor education that does not fit a man to be alone with himself.” -Joel Henry Hildebrand
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“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.” -Aaron Hill
Aaron Hill was born in 1685. Aaron Hill passed on in 1750.
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“If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well.” -Etty Hillesum
Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum was born in 1914. Her letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe her life as a Jewish woman in Amsterdam during the German occupation. Esther ‘Etty’ Hillesum passed on in 1943. Her letters were published in 1981.
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“The course of our lives is not determined by great, awesome decisions. Our direction is set by the little day-to-day choices which chart the track on which we run.” -Gordon B. Hinckley: General Conference Report (October 1973), page 106
Gordon Bitner Hinckley was born on 23 June 1910. He became a writer and the longest presiding President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church, from 12 March 1995 until his passing. Gordon Bitner Hinckley passed on at 97 years of age on 27 January 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America.
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“A day will never be any more than what you make of it. Practice being a doer!” -Josh Hinds
Josh Stephen Hinds was born in 1973. Author website www.JoshHinds.com.
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“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel towards what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.” -W. D. Hoard
William D. Hoard.
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“To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles.” -T. F. Hodge
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“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” -Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson was born in 1871. He was an American poet. Ralph Hodgson passed on in 1962.
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“It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.” -Eric Hoffer
“The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.” -Eric Hoffer
“We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.” -Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer was born in 1902. He became an American longshoreman, then turned moral and social philosopher and writer. He was the author of ten books, including his first book, “The True Believer” (1951). Eric Hoffer passed on in 1983.
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“The true measure of success in life is how many other lives you made better.” -Jeff Hoffman
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“I realize that there are other people who have days stranger than mine. I don’t know them. I don’t know anyone who knows them. But I’m sure they’re out there. Somewhere.” -Sarah Hoffman
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“If you can’t outplay them, outwork them!” -Ben Hogan
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“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.” -L. Thomas Holdcroft
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“It is not a question of how much a man knows, but what use he makes of what he knows; not a question of what he has acquired, and how he has been trained, but of what he is, and what he can do.” -J. G. Holland
“Joys divided are increased.” -J. G. Holland
Josiah Gilbert Holland, also known by the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb, was born on 24 July 1819 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States of America. He became a doctor, but left the medical field to become a school superintendent, a novelist, an essayist, and a poet. He was a co-founder in 1870 with Roswell Smith, and editor, of “Scribner’s Monthly” magazine. He wrote the lyrics to the Methodist hymn “There’s a Song in the Air.” Josiah Gilbert Holland passed on at 62 years of age on 12 October 1881 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“One thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness.” -William E. Holler
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“Never limit your view of life by any past experience.” -Ernest Holmes
You are more than you appear to be -
Life is greater than you have ever known it -
The best is yet to come.
-Ernest Holmes
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was born in 1887. He became an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of the Religious Science movement and a part of the New Thought movement. He is the author of “The Science of Mind” and numerous other metaphysical books, and the founder of “Science of Mind” magazine, in continuous publication since 1927. His books remain in print, and the principles he taught as “Science of Mind” have inspired and influenced many generations. Mr. Holmes had previously studied another New Thought teaching, Divine Science, and was an ordained Divine Science Minister. Ernest Shurtleff Holmes passed on in 1960.
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“It is now the moment when, by common consent, we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior was born on 8 March 1841. He served as an Associate Justice and as Chief Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and was a professor of law at the Harvard Law School, of which he was an alumnus. He was also a legal historian and an associate justice of the American Supreme Court (1902 - 1932). Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior passed on at 93 years of age on 6 March 1935.
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“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Genius does not herd with genius.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Professor at the Breakfast-Table” (1859), Chapter XII
“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used till they are seasoned.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” (1858)
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation, evermore!” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior: “Voyage of the Good Ship Union” (1862) poem
“Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars nor its great scholars great men.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior was born on 29 August 1809 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. He was married to Amelia Jackson in 1840. He was a physician, a novelist, a biographer, an essayist, and a poet. He is remembered for his books on medicine and surgery. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior passed on at 85 years of age on 7 October 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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“We learn something by doing it. There is no other way.” -John Holt
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“The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.” -Henry Home
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“The small stones which fill up the crevices have almost as much to do with making the fair and firm wall as the great rocks; so wise use of spare moments contributes not a little to the building up in good proportions a man’s mind.” -Edwin Paxton Hood
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“When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are.” -Richard Hooker
Richard Hooker was born in about 1554. He became a priest and theologian in the Church of England. Richard Hooker passed on in 1600.
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“Whatever advice you give, be brief.” -Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)
Horace was born in 65 B.C.E. He was a lyric poet of ancient Rome. Horace passed on in 8 B.C.E.
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“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” -Lena Horne
Lena Horne was born in 1917. She is an American singer and actress. Lena Horne passed on in 2010.
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“Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with the hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so you must attend to and nourish the garden of your becoming.” -Jean Houston
Jean Houston was born on 10 May 1937 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer and a lecturer. She and her husband Robert Masters co-founded The Foundation for Mind Research.
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“Life is like a blanket, too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder, but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.” -Marion Howard
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“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” -Vernon Howard
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“What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.” -John Howe
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“I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.” -Julia Ward Howe
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“The way to be nothing is to do nothing.” -Nathaniel Howe
Nathaniel Howe was born in 1764. He was an American minister. Nathaniel Howe passed on in 1837.
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“Respect a man, and he will do the more.” -James Howell
James Howell was born in about 1594. He was a writer. James Howell passed on in 1666.
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“The secret of a man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.” -William Dean Howells
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“He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.” -Mary Howitt
Mary Howitt was born in 1799. Mary Howitt passed on in 1888.
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“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“Th’ feller that calls you ‘brother’ generally wants something that don’t belong to him.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“Th’ only way t’ entertain some folks is t’ listen t’ ’em.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard: “New Sayings by Abe Martin and Velma’s Vow: A Gripping Love Tale by Miss Fawn Lippincut” (1916)
“There’s another advantage of being poor - a doctor will cure you faster.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
“We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.” -Frank McKinney Hubbard
Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard was born on 1 September 1868 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America. He was married to Josephine Jackson in 1905. He became a journalist, a cartoonist, a humorist, and a political commentator. He is known for his “Abe Martin of Brown County” newspaper cartoon (1904 - 1932). Frank McKinney ‘Kin’ Hubbard passed on at 62 years of age on 26 December 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“You have to do what you dream of doing even while you’re afraid.” -Arianna Huffington
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“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.” -Charles Evans Hughes
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“Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.” -Victor Hugo
“Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.” -Victor Hugo
“Inspiration and genius - one and the same.” -Victor Hugo
“The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.” -Victor Hugo
“To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.” -Victor Hugo
“Where the telescope ends the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?” -Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo was born on 26 February 1802 in Besançon, France. He became a visual artist, a romantic poet, an essayist, a novelist, a playwright, and a statesman. He is known for his novels “Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1831; originally published as “Notre-Dame de Paris”) and “Les Misérables” (1862). His volumes of poetry include “Les Contemplations” and “La Légende des siècles.” Victor Marie Hugo passed on at 83 years of age on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France.
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“May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Jonathan Lockwood Huie was born on 28 June 1945.
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“Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.” -Hull
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“All men of action are dreamers.” -James G. Huneker (James Gibbons Huneker)
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“Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.” -Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston was born on 7 January 1891. She was an American dramatist. Zora Neale Hurston passed on at 69 years of age on 28 January 1960.
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“Success consists of a series of little daily victories.” -Laddie Hutar
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” -Aldous Huxley
“The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.” -Aldous Huxley
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” -Aldous Huxley
“What we perceive and understand depends upon what we are.” -Aldous Huxley: “Ends and Means” (1937), ‘Beliefs’
Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on 26 July 1894. He was a son of Leonard Huxley and a brother of Julian Huxley. He became a novelist, an essayist, a magazine editor, a short story writer, a movie script writer, a critic, and a poet. His novels include, “Crome Yellow” (1921), “Point Counter Point” (1928), and “After Many a Summer” (1939). He moved to the United States of America in 1937. Aldous Leonard Huxley passed on at 69 years of age on 22 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
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“Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.” -Laura Huxley
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“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?” -Thomas Henry Huxley
“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.” -Thomas Henry Huxley
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