Josiah Gilbert Holland Quotes

God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest.

Every man who can be a first-rate something – as every man can who is a man at all – has no right to be a fifth-rate something; for a fifth-rate something is no better than a first-rate nothing.

A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particulars of which it is composed.

I look into your great brown eyes, Where love and loyal homage shine, And wonder where the difference lies Between your soul and mine!

Who never walks save where he sees men’s tracks, makes no discoveries.

Who never walks, save where he sees men’s tracks, makes no discoveries.

A noble deed is a step toward God.