Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Heroism, Faith
The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Words
Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Aspirations, Goals, Purpose
Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Home
The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Selfishness
The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Perception
Christianity as an idea begins with thinking of God in the same way that a true son thinks of his father; Christianity as a life, begins with feeling and acting toward God as a true son feels and acts toward his father.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Christianity
Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Sympathy
Science has not solved problems, only shifted the points of problems.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Scientists, Science
Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Faith
All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Laboring toward distant aims set the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Goals, Aspirations
Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst
Topics: Character
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