Henry Drummond – birth, Aug 17, 1851

No man can become a saint in his sleep.
– Henry Drummond  (Exact reference is unknown)

 

Strength of character may be learned at work, but

beauty of character is learned at home.
– Henry Drummond  (Exact reference is unknown)

 

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
– Henry Drummond  (Exact reference is unknown)

 

Henry Drummond was born this date 8/17/1851 at Stirling, Scotland.  He was a biologist and more than that a religious writer penning Natural Law in the Spiritual World.  Drummond died 3/11/1897.

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Henry Drummond – death, Mar. 11, 1897

There is only one thing greater than happiness in the world and that is holiness.

                – Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World (NY: James Pott & Co., 1890), 23.

 

Love waives even self-satisfaction.

                – Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World (NY: James Pott & Co., 1890), 26.

 

Nothing is a hardship to love.

                – Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World (NY: James Pott & Co., 1890), 29.

 

…The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

                – Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World (NY: James Pott & Co., 1890), 37.

 

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

                – Henry Drummond, The Greatest Thing in the World (NY: James Pott & Co., 1890), 60.

 

Henry Drummond died this date (3/11/1897) at Tunbridge Wells, England.  Drummond was born in Stirling, Scotland 8/17/1851. 

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