Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (American Engineer)

Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930) was an American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet.

Born in Andover, Massachusetts, he received early education abroad, gaining exposure to multiple languages. He attended Phillips Academy, then graduated from West Point (1869) and briefly served as an artillery officer.

Hardy transitioned to academia, teaching mathematics at Grinnell College (1871–73) and later civil engineering at Dartmouth College (1874–93.) During his tenure, he published mathematical textbooks and literary works. From 1893 to 1895, he coedited Cosmopolitan. In 1897, he entered the U.S. diplomatic service, serving as minister to Persia and later holding posts in Romania, Switzerland, Serbia, Greece, and Spain until 1905.

His first poem, Francesca da Rimini (1878,) preceded his début novel, But Yet a Woman (1883,) which earned literary recognition. His best-known novel, Passe Rose (1888,) was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly and praised for its strong characterizations. Other notable works include His Daughter First (1903,) Aurélie (1912,) and Diane and Her Friends (1914.)

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Work is a great blessing; after evil came into the world, it was given as an antidote, not as a punishment.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Work, Labor

A wise physician is a John Baptist, who recognizes that his only mission is to prepare the way for a greater than himself—Nature.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Health

Set happiness before you as an end, no matter in what guise of wealth, or fame, or oblivion even, and you will not attain it.—But renounce it and seek the pleasure of God, and that instant is the birth of your own.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Happiness

Sorrow is the handmaid of God, not of Satan.—She would lead us, as she did the Psalmist, to say, “Who will show us any good?” that after having said this we may also say with him, “Lord, lift thou the light of thy countenance upon us.”
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Sorrow

We love the virtues, but do not fall in love with them.—They confirm and nurture love, but after middle age they do not give it birth.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Love

First love is an instinct—at once a gift and a sacrifice.—Every other is a philosophy—a bargain.
—Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Topics: Love

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