Charles Kingsley Quotes

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Charles Kingsley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 12, 1819 - January 23, 1875

Topics

WorkStrengthBestDo Your BestYou

It's not that I think weddings - or marriages - are letdowns. It's just that I want to see my wedding as one awesome achievement on a continuum of achievements, all of which were, in their way, just as beautiful and profound for having led me to the current one.

Jessi Klein

BeautifulAchievementMeThinkWant

It seems almost impossible to me that the whole world doesn't know CPR.

Jennifer Coolidge

MeWorldImpossibleKnowWhole

I was driving to school at Reseda High School - I was a junior, and it was early 1956. I had a '49 Ford. I was listening to the country station, and 'Folsom Prison Blues' comes on... It didn't sound like the stuff I was hearing on the pop stations.

Robert Hilburn

SchoolListeningHigh SchoolPrison

While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action.

Ron D. Burton

PeopleActionOpportunitiesDecisions

Illegal is not a race, it is a crime.

Russell Pearce

CrimeRaceIllegal

Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS.

Marvin Olasky

ChildrenYoungOldOverDifferent

Maybe I am too traditional, but men feel important when you ask for their help instead of thinking you can do it all on your own.

Miranda Kerr

MenI AmYou Can Do ItThinkingHelp

I'm a guy who wins medals rather than runs fast times, so for me, what keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud.

Mo Farah

MeWinningProudFastCountryGoing

If I'm lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I'll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof.

Julia Glass

MotherDayBetterEnoughBackI Can

Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods.

Lisa Whelchel

UniqueVarietyDifferentReasons

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

Joseph Barbera

YouRunWildPitchingKeepCaught

Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.

Dean Devlin

GreatTimeMoneySpeedYouPlay

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