Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons
Charles James "Jim" Simmonswas a British lecturer, journalist and politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 April 1893
numbers sides smallest
The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.
birth remember importance
When a person feels disposed to over estimate his own importance, let him remember that mankind got along very well before his birth, and that in all probability they will they will get along very well after his death.
heart infidelity wish
Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.
inheritance wealth dangerous
Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.
life men noble
Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.
men please
No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.
wisdom age next
Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
helpful
We do want to be helpful if we can,
determination might will-and-determination
Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
integrity greatness men
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage.
health law wellness
Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things.
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.
future ruins today
Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.