Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
inspirational depressing adversity
All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.
nature humility pride
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
opportunity men often-is
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
rising-in-the-morning years rising-up
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.
ambition mind firsts
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.
pride men becoming
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
angel pride men
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
pride keepers
Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
pride self attractive
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.
happiness wine emotional
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine, but if defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
rain sea people
Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.
pain real power
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
christian courage firsts
A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not happen unless it first pleased God, and that which pleases Him must be best.