Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons
Charles James "Jim" Simmonswas a British lecturer, journalist and politician...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 April 1893
Charles Simmons quotes about
life time greatness
Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.
forgiveness doe noble
There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.
hype shame repentance
For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.
heart evil mind
Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
intelligence intellectual useless
It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless.
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.
character common-sense feelings
A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life.
heart understanding convinced
When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced.
men self joy
Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.
inheritance wealth dangerous
Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.
mother errors reform
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.