Arthur Helps Quotes

Arthur Helps was an English writer and historian known for his works on history and philosophy. He wrote extensively on various subjects, including morality, character, and the human condition. Helps' writings often offered insightful reflections on society and personal development, providing readers with thought-provoking perspectives on life and its complexities.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us ... -Arthur Helps

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.... -Arthur Helps

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable ... -Arthur Helps

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.

Experience is the extract of suffering.... -Arthur Helps

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.... -Arthur Helps

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed... -Arthur Helps

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the sur... -Arthur Helps

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on th... -Arthur Helps

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralys... -Arthur Helps

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

In a balanced organization, working towards a comm... -Arthur Helps

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's f... -Arthur Helps

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully ap... -Arthur Helps

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a ki... -Arthur Helps

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

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