Arthur Helps
Arthur Helps
Sir Arthur Helps KCB HonDCLwas an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth10 July 1813
Arthur Helps quotes about
changed earth face spirit whose
Whose indomitable spirit changed the face of the earth for us
reports vague
Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.
inspirational wise gratitude
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
organization order routine
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
inspirational spiritual heart
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
men light decision
No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.
reading book men
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
beauty humility grace
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
success business congratulations
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.
ego selfishness world
Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.
thinking men deceived
Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.
reading sometimes avoiding
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
fortune hostage
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
men empathy understanding
It takes a great man to make a great listener