Henry S. Haskins Quotes

An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were.

A stiff attitude is one of the phenomena of rigor mortis.

The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.

Many a man gets weary of clamping down on his rough impulses which if given occasional release would encourage the living of life with salt in it in place of dust.

No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage.

Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.

If a man hears much that a woman says she is not beautiful.

Acceptance makes any event put on a new face.

Disappointments should be cremated not embalmed.

Almost any event will put on a new face when received with cheerful acceptance.

We have to serve ourself many years before we gain our own confidence.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.

Imitation can acquire pretty much everything but the power which created the thing imitated.