QUOTATIONS by AUTHOR
Books by and about Holbrook Jackson
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Age
No man is ever old enough to know better.
-Holbrook Jackson , "Ladies' Home Journal", January, 1950
Creativity
Genius is initiative on fire.
-Holbrook Jackson
Habits
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.
-Holbrook Jackson , Platitudes in the Making
Happiness
Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.
-Holbrook Jackson
Patience
Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.
-Holbrook Jackson
Reading
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
-Holbrook Jackson
The newest books are those that never grow old.
-Holbrook Jackson
Sadness
Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.
-Holbrook Jackson