Charles Henry Parkhurst Men Quotations

Faith is the very heroism and enterprise of intellect. Faith is not a passivity, but a faculty. Faith is power, the material of effect. Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great work men of history have been men who believed like giants.

A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.

Faith is among men what gravity is among planets and suns.