The world knows nothing of its greatest men.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: World
In the world a man will often be reputed to be a man of sense, only because he is not a man of talent.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Intelligence
He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Generosity
Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Conscience, Politics, Anticipation, Integrity, Politicians
Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Secrets
Imagination lit every lamp in this country, produced every article we use, built every church, made every discovery, performed every act of kindness and progress, created more and better things for more people. It is the priceless ingredient for a better day.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Imagination
The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Economy
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
—Henry Taylor
The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Money
The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Improvement, Growth
Prodigality is the vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one.—It comes of a weak craving for those blandishments of the world which are easily had for money.
—Henry Taylor
When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.
—Henry Taylor
Topics: Generosity
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