Maltbie Babcock Quotes

“Business is religion and religion is business. The man who does not make a business of his religion has a religious life of no force and the man who does not make a religion of his business has a business life of no character.”

“Time doesn’t really ‘march on’. It tends to tip-toe. There’s no parade. No stomping of boots to alert you to its passing. One day, you turn around and it is gone.”

“Be strong! We are not here to play to dream to drift We have hard work to do and loads to lift Shun not the struggle-face it 'tis God's gift.”

“Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.”

“Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. ... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come whether open-faced or disguised.”

“Be strong! It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong How hard the battle goes the day how long Faint not-fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.”

“A day dawns quite like other days in it a single hour comes quite like other hours but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.”

“Be on the lookout for mercies. The more we look for them the more of them we will see.... Better to loose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.”

“A dictionary should be descriptive not prescriptive.”

“The responsibility of a dictionary is to record a language not set its style.”