God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.
More Quotes from Oliver Wendell:
The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.Oliver Wendell
Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples
Oliver Wendell
A man over ninety is a great comfort to all his elderly neighbors he is a picket-guard at the extreme outpost and the young folks of sixty and seventy feel that the enemy must get by him before he can come near their camp.
Oliver Wendell
It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists through blind imitation of the past.
Oliver Wendell
Life and language are alike sacred. Homicide and verbicide -that is, violent treatment of a word with fatal results to its legitimate meaning, which is its life -are alike forbidden.
Oliver Wendell
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Present Quotes, Success QuotesBased on Keywords: sinning
During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.
Gustav Stresemann
You know, if I tell the press that I like long blonde hair, the next day there will be girls with long hair wigs outside waiting for me.
Andy Lau
I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.
Pablo Neruda