Edward W. Howe Quotes (24 Quotes)

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

A thief believes everybody steals.

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.