Ralph Washington Sockman Quotes

#1. Give the best you have to the highest you know ... and do it now.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#2. The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#3. In all living there is a certain narrowness of application which leads to breadth and power. We have to concent on a thing in order to master it. Then we must be broad enough not to be narrowed by our specialties.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#4. In being realistic we do not always have to be pessimistic. Christ never blinked his eyes at bad things. But he never became so obsessed with human evil that he lost faith in man.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#5. We seem to want mass production, but we must remember that men are individuals not to be satisfactorily dealt with in masses, and the making of men is more important than the production of things.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#6. The forgiveness of the world can only be accomplished by the judgment of the world.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#7. Advertising enriches life by quickening the imagination, arousing interest and enlarging the taste.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#8. What makes greatness is starting something that lives after you.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#9. All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#10. Hoist the sails of your own spirit to catch the winds of God.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#11. In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#12. The hope of free people in a frightened world is the values which people put ahead of inventions when their backs are to the wall. These values are beauty, truth, goodness and having a faith, all of which are bombproof.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#13. Our love for God is tested by the question of whether we seek Him or His gifts.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#14. Balance the bad news of life with the good news of Christ.

Ralph Washington Sockman

#15. Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.

Ralph Washington Sockman