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Quotes by C. C. Colton
Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.— filed under Action
The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. -— filed under Anger
He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head, or a very short creed.— filed under Belief
Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and in the grave.— filed under Brotherhood
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.— filed under Contentment
Death is like thunder in two particulars; we are alarmed at the sound of it; and it is formidable only from that which preceded it.— filed under Death
A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not happen unless it first pleased God, and that which pleases Him must be best.— filed under Fortitude
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps there is nothing that angels behold with such astonishment as a proud man.— filed under Procrastination
The two most precious things this side the grave are our reputation and our life.— filed under Reputation
Time, that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.— filed under Time
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; any thing but - live for it.— filed under Religion