Quotes by : Thomas Hughes

While he was conscious of improving at every stroke, he did not feel that the other was asserting any....

Anyone who takes a decided line in certain matters, is sure to lead all the rest.

A character for steadiness once gone is not easily recovered

You see, at Rugby I was rather a great man. There one had a share in the ruling of 300 boys, and a good....

At that moment his soul is fuller of the tomb and him who lies there than of the altar and Him of whom....

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than....

This work of making trade righteous, of Christianizing trade, looks like the very hardest the Gospel....

The faces of your young people in general are not interesting—I don't mean the children, but the young....

Old timidity has disappeared, and is replaced by silent, quaint fun, with which his face twinkles all....

Those were times when brave men who knew and loved their profession couldn't be overlooked.