Merle Shain Quotes


"You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you."
- Merle Shain
(Related: Men, Work)

"The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving."
- Merle Shain
(Related: Act, Thanksgiving)

"One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment."
- Merle Shain
(Related: Contentment, Years)

"Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might."
- Merle Shain
(Related: Friends, Windows, World)

"Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all."
- Merle Shain
(Related: Clothes, Vices)