Top 15 Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

Novelist, poet, editor (1819–1881)

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Josiah Gilbert Holland (July 24, 1819 – October 12, 1881) was an American novelist, essayist, poet and spiritual mentor to the Nation in the years following the Civil War.

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Alternative Names: J. G. Holland • Timothy Titcomb

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The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.

Calmness is the cradle of power.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do it.

The most precious possession that ever comes to man in this world is a woman's heart.

The most precious possession that ever comes to man in this life is a woman' heart.

Tuhan memberikan makanan kepada setiap burung, tetapi tidak melemparkannya ke sarang mereka masing-masing.

Heaven is not gained at a single bound;
But we build the ladder by which we rise
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to its summit round by round.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.

The heart is wiser than the intellect.

It is intended that we shall accomplish all, through law, that we can accomplish for ourselves. God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest. He does not unearth the good that the earth contains, but He puts it in our way, and gives us the means of getting it ourselves.

Assertion of truths known and felt, promulgation of truth from the high platform of truth itself, declaration of faith by the mouth of moral conviction — this is the New Testament method, and the true one.

The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we admit the doctrine of universal and special providence.

How long must the church live before it will learn that strength is won by action, and success by work, and that all this immeasurable feeding without action and work is a positive damage to it — that it is the procurer of spiritual obesity, gout, and debility.