Josiah Johnson Hawes quotes

Josiah Johnson Hawes quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Every man who loves his country, or wishes well to the best interests of society, will show himself a decided friend not only of morality and the laws, but of religious institutions, and honorably bear his part in supporting them.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“He who cares only for himself in youth will be a very niggard in manhood, and a wretched miser in old age.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“Every period of life has its peculiar temptations and dangers. But youth is the time when we are most likely to be ensnared. This, pre-eminently, is the forming, fixing period, the spring season of disposition and habit; and it is during this season, more than any other, that the character assumes its permanent shape and color, and the young are wont to take their course for time and for eternity.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“You may be whatever you resolve to be - determine to be something in the world and you will be something. " I cannot," never accomplished anything. "I will try" has worked wonders.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages; it is no necessary appendage of birth, wealth, talents, or station; but it is the result of one's own endeavors-the fruit and reward of good principles manifested in a course of virtuous and honorable action.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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“We are often able because we think we are able.”
-- Josiah Johnson Hawes

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