Douglas Horton Quotes

• Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.

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• Love is a given, hatred is acquired.

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• Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.

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• Life is good when we think it’s good. Life is bad when we don’t think.

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• If you love something let it go free. If it doesn’t come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

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• If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride.

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• If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?

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• He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

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• Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

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• Growing old is not growing up.

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• Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.

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• First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.

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• Drive slow and enjoy the scenery – drive fast and join the scenery.

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• Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

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• Death is the final wake-up call.

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• Death is feared as birth is forgotten.

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• Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.

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• Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

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• Boring people are a reflection of boring people.

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• Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

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Douglas Horton (48)

Birth:	27th July, 1891
Death:	21st August, 1968
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Clergyman

About

Douglas Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was an American Protestant clergyman and academic leader who was noted for his work in ecumenical relations among major Protestant bodies of his day. He first served the First Congregational Church in Middletown, Connecticut, as both associate pastor and senior pastor.

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