Quotes by Ralph W. Sockman

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

“Love is the outreach of self toward completion.”

“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.”

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

“The hope of free man in a frightened world is the values which man puts ahead of inventions when his back is to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof.”

“Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.”

“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.”

“The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.”

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

“To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.”

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.

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

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

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.

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.

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