Quotes by C. C. Colton

Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.

— C. C. Colton

The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence.

— C. C. Colton

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head, or a very short creed.

— C. C. Colton

Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places—at the foot of the cross, and in the grave.

— C. C. Colton

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

— C. C. Colton

Death is like thunder in two particulars; we are alarmed at the sound of it; and it is formidable only from that which preceded it.

— C. C. Colton

A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not happen unless it first pleased God, and that which pleases Him must be best.

— C. C. Colton