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Browsing Quotes By Harry Emerson Fosdick

  • “Some Christians carry their religion on their backs. It is a packet of beliefs and practices which they must bear. At times it grows heavy and they would willingly lay it down, but that would mean a break with old traditions, so they shoulder it again. But real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight; it is wings. It lifts them up, it sees them over hard places, it makes the universe seem friendly, life purposeful, hope real, sacrifice worthwhile. It sets them free from fear, futility, discouragement, and sin—the great enslavers of men’s souls. You can know a real Christian, when you see him, by his buoyancy”

    Speaker: Harry Emerson Fosdick
    Source: Twelve Tests of Character [1923], 87–88
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2012 at 11:52 AM
    Posted By: MindMeldMom
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    Tags: becoming, christian
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  • Men will work hard for money. [Men] will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause… Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.

    Speaker: Harry Emerson Fosdick
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    Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:14 PM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: humanity, leadership, work
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  • Happiness is not mostly pleasure; it is mostly victory.

    Speaker: Harry Emerson Fosdick
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    Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:16 AM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: happiness, how-to-stop-worrying-and-start-living