Harry Emerson Fosdick Inspirational Quotations

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.

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.

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.