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Inspirational Life Quotes - Page 15

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). “The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author”, p.150

All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.

John Ruskin (1871). “Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin”, p.331

A good conscience will be found a pleasant visitor at our bedside in a dying hour.

J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.138, Letcetera Publishing

I've worked hard all my life.

"The Sports Factor" with Amanda Smith, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2001.

There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions.

Barry Lopez (2013). “Arctic Dreams”, p.529, Open Road Media