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The greatest thing about any civilization is the human person, and the greatest thing about this person is the possibility of his encounter with the person of Jesus Christ. Charles Malik  
Sports should always be fun. Charles Mann American Football Player 
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility creates crime. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows. Charles Maurice De Talleyrand 1754-1838, French Statesman 
Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for. Charles Mayes  
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness. but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow Up. Charles Morgan 1894-1958, British Writer 
If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause. Charles Morgan 1894-1958, British Writer 
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens. Charles Morgan 1894-1958, British Writer 
It is the moment of evolutionary truth for the race, and what man does with that moment will be more important than the events of the previous millennium. Charles Muses  
Chance favours only those who court her. Charles Nicolle 1866-1936, French Physician, Bacteriologist 
There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. Charles Osgood  
We are the environment. Charles Panati  
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors. Charles Peguy 1873-1914, French Poet, Philosopher 
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. Charles Peguy 1873-1914, French Poet, Philosopher 
We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see. Charles Peguy 1873-1914, French Poet, Philosopher 
Tyranny is always better organized than freedom. Charles Peguy 1873-1914, French Poet, Philosopher 
Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty. Charles Peguy 1873-1914, French Poet, Philosopher 
Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. Charles Prestwich Scott 1846-1932, British Newspaper Editor 
Comment is free but facts are sacred. Charles Prestwich Scott 1846-1932, British Newspaper Editor 
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. Charles Reade 1814-1884, British Novelist, Dramatist 
The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be. Charles Reade 1814-1884, British Novelist, Dramatist 
Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait. Charles Reade 1814-1884, British Novelist, Dramatist 
What we do not understand, we cannot control. Charles Reich  
In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. Charles Revson American Businessman, Chairman of Revlon 
Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week. Charles Richards  
Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations. Charles Richter  
All the evolution we know of proceeds from the vague to the definite. Charles Sanders Peirce 1839-1914, American Philosopher, Logician, Mathematician 
Profit is the ignition system of our economic engine. Charles Sawyer  
Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work. Charles Sawyer  
I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. Charles Shulz  
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. Charles Simmons  
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons  
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Charles Simmons Self-improvement 
Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. Charles Simmons  
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favourable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons  
Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil. Charles Simmons  
No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. Charles Simmons  
It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up. Charles Sorenson  
As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you. Charles Stanley  
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. Charles Steinmetz 1865-1923, German Electrical Engineer 
No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation; no man has a right to say to his country, ''Thus far shalt thou go and no further.'' Charles Stewart Parnell  
From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been ;abandoned. Charles Sumner 1811-1874, American Statesman 
The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. Charles Sumner 1811-1874, American Statesman 
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man. Charles Sumner 1811-1874, American Statesman 
I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old. Charles Sumner 1811-1874, American Statesman 
Home is where there's one to love us. Charles Swain  



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