Ralph W. Sockman

A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#debt #feels #lover #loves #true

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#far #highly #how #how far #humility

A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#command #crisis #man #more #than

Love is the outreach of self toward completion. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#love #love is #outreach #self #toward

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#courage #majority #minority #test #tolerance

Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#bankrupt #borrowing #interest #let us #our

A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#god #make #men #primarily #realize

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#knowledge #larger #longer #wonder

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#hand #how #left #long #right

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion. ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

#been #born #called #capacity #christmas