James N. Watkins Quotes



Best Quotes by James N. Watkins

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.”

“Celebrating Christmas without Christ is like celebrating George Washington's birthday without mentioning the first president.”

“Cracked pots allow the treasure to shine forth.”

“God is never late, but He sure is slow.”

“Make a decision to no longer live in the past, but to live fully in the present as we anticipate a brighter future.”

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“How easily a man who has never been in any great distress, may pass through life without knowing, in his own person at least, anything of the possible goodness of the human heart ? or, as I must add with a sigh, of its possible vileness. So a thick curtain of manners is drawn over the features and expression of men's natures, that to the ordinary observer, the two extremities, and the infinite field of varieties which lie between them, are all confounded ? the vast and multitudinous line of differences expressed in the gamut or alphabet of elementary sounds.”


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