Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsleywas a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives that failed but led to the working reforms of the progressive era. He was a friend and correspondent with Charles Darwin...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 June 1819
thanksgiving self excellence
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.
change nature travel
The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
work christian-inspirational tools
Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.
friendship true-friend mean
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
kindness reality generosity
There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.
life world wonderful
The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world, you know, are just the things which no one can see.
thinking people want
If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you.
inspirational-love lying night
Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say "I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day."
true-love love-is sentimental
Love is sentimental measles.
dog swans blood
Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.
life hope men
The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile on their faces; and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men; facing rough and smooth alike as it came.
procrastination waiting return
Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back.
book reading men
Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.
hymns long singing
Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.