Frank A. Clark quotes:

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  • Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.

  • A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be.

  • Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.

  • If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.

  • We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

  • Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

  • There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.

  • A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

  • If you haven't time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.

  • Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

  • We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

  • Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.

  • It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.

  • Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.

  • Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

  • If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

  • Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.

  • A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

  • Our economy is based upon people wanting more; their happiness on wanting less.

  • A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.

  • Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

  • The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.

  • I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.

  • Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.

  • To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.

  • The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.

  • You seldom come across anything more enjoyable than a happy person.

  • There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.

  • If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

  • A valuable friend is one who'll tell you what you should be told, even if it offends you.

  • The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

  • Every adult needs a child to teach; it's the way adults learn.

  • We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

  • You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words.

  • A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.

  • Even if you can't prevent another's sorrow, caring will lessen it.

  • When a man eats his words, that's recycling.

  • It's better to recall something you wish you'd said than something you wish you hadn't.

  • Most of us must learn a great deal every day in order to keep ahead of what we forget.

  • We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

  • If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking from us our greatest prize - the job of accomplishment

  • A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

  • I would like to be able to admire a man's opinions as I would his dog - without being expected to take it home with me.

  • You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving.

  • Faith on a full stomach may be simply contentment but if you have it when you're hungry, it's genuine.

  • People help each other through a crisis by each supposing that the other can handle it better than he himself can.

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