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Frank Howard Clark
American
Writer
About the author
There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Nothing
#Trying
#Help
#Beliefs
Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Man
#Trying
Most smiles are started by another smile.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Smile
#Smiles
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Pleasure
#Christmas
#Kisses
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Will
#Generosity
The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Will
#Apples
The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Reason
#Ignorance
There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Nothing
#Needs
There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Nothing
#Trying
#Help
#Beliefs
We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Health
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Comfort
#Growth
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Time
#Food
#Money
We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Old
#Age
#Effort
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Children
#Parents
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Man
#Money
#Son
#Father
We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Time
#Money
#Talent
#Criticism
Many folks think they aren't good at earning money, when what they don't know is how to use it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Money
A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Thinking
#Habit
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Right
#Authority
#Leading
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.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Man
#Conscience
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Man
#Growth
#Criticism
#Rain
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Life
#Trying
Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Thinking
#Habit
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Humor
I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Doubt
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.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Being
#Kindness
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Obstacles
It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Luck
Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Evil
#Truth
#Gossip
A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Frank Howard Clark,
American
Writer
#Baby