Josiah Gilbert Holland
Josiah Gilbert Holland
Josiah Gilbert Hollandwas an American novelist and poet who also wrote under the pseudonym Timothy Titcomb. He helped to found and edit Scribner's Monthly, in which appeared his novels, Arthur Bonnicastle, The Story of Sevenoaks, Nicholas Minturn. In poetry he wrote "Bitter Sweet", "Kathrina", the lyrics to the Methodist hymn "There's a Song in the Air", and many others...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 July 1819
CountryUnited States of America
genius nature
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
american-novelist art built temple words
The temple of art is built in words.
grows royal withers
There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
food gives god throw
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
grows time withers
One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
cute-love love man
The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection.
living poorer
The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.
lives soul
The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.
god says work
'Work and wait', 'work and wait' is what God says to us in creation.
responsibility walks
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
accident except measure
Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.
mind
A mind grows by what it feeds on.
foolish pride progress sorts stands
Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.