Old age is the repose of life,—the rest that precedes the rest that remains.
Robert Collyer Quotes
1823–1912 United States
Robert Collyer (December 8, 1823 – November 30, 1912) was an American Unitarian clergyman.
- United States
- Clergy
- Unitarians
18 quotes
Faith...makes the discords of the present, the harmonies of the future.
Atheism could never be an institution in this country; it could never be more than a destitution.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
The man who dies poor is rich if he only holds fast his honesty and his hope.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Atheism can never be an institution; ... it can never be more than a destitution.
A good farmer is better than a poor doctor, and a good horse-shoer is better than a poor bishop.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
A good day's work at what you can best do is the hard-pan to which all must come.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Only those who make clean money and do clean things win success.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Society often says one thing and nature says another.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Have a reserve force that will come out when you need it.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
A man's best friends are his ten fingers.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Any kind of an honest job is better than no job at all.
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Robert Collyer to Young Men (1888)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Collyer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.