“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;” — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.” — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word what man… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“We listened, as all boys in their better moods will listen (ay, and men too for the matter of that), to a man whom we felt to be, with all his heart and soul and strength, striving against whatever was mean and unmanly and unrighteous in our little world. It was not the cold, clear voice of one giving advice… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share
“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;” — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“...so bear in mind that majorities, especially respectable ones, are nine times out of ten in the wrong; and that if you see man or boy striving earnestly on the weak side, however wrong-headed or blundering he may be, you are not to go and join the cry against him. If you can't join him and help him, and make… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share
“The astonishment soon passed off, the scales seemed to drop from his eyes, and the book became at once and for ever to him… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
From behind the shadow of the still small voice — more awful than tempest or earthquake — more sure and persistent than day and… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
