Frank Howard Clark Quotes


"Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Man, Trying)

"Most smiles are started by another smile."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: 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
(Related: Christmas, Kisses, Pleasure)

"Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Generosity, Will)

"The more you learn to live without, the more you'll have to live with."
- Frank Howard Clark
"Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Apples, Will)

"The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Ignorance, Reason)

"There is one advantage to having nothing, it never needs repair."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Needs, Nothing)

"There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Beliefs, Help, Nothing, Trying)

"We didn't actually overspend our budget. The health Commission allocation simply fell short of our expenditure."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Health)

"We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Growth, Comfort)

"Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Food, Money, Time)

"We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Age, Effort, Old)

"The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: 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
(Related: Money, Father, Son, Man)

"We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Money, Time, 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
(Related: Money)

"A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it."
- Frank Howard Clark
"A habit is something you can do without thinking - which is why most of us have so many of them."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Habit, Thinking)

"A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Authority, Leading, Right)

"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
(Related: Conscience, Man)

"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Growth, Criticism, Man, Rain)

"Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Life, Trying)

"Habit is something you can do without thinking, which is why most of us have so many of them."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Habit, Thinking)

"I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Humor)

"I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: 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
"Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Being, Kindness)

"If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Obstacles)

"It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Luck)

"Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Truth, Evil, Gossip)

"A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it."
- Frank Howard Clark
(Related: Baby)