All Charles W. Chesnutt Quotes
- There's time enough, but none to spare. Inspirational
- As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change… Change
- Race prejudice is the devil unchained. Devil
- Sins, like chickens, come home to roost. Chickens
- The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next… Despair
- Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen. Attitude
- Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards. Afterwards
- I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to… Been
- Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs… African American
- We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things Influence
- We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings... All
- We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation. Band
- The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. Heart