C.J. Langenhoven Quotes

“Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

Don't listen to a man who says we have to work together as a team. He means we have to work as he says.

— C.J. Langenhoven

“It could be disastrous to speak your mind while you are deep in thought.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

There are people who are so cautious that they are careful not to waste their fear.

— C.J. Langenhoven

“It does not mean much to be important. The most important man at a burial is dead.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

To test a man, determine how much it takes to make him lie.

— C.J. Langenhoven

“Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“Never offer unsolicited advice. The receiver might not know that you are smarter than him.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“Yes is like credit, No is like cash.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“To love one's neighbor is a tough command. It works better for people who live far away.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

The shorter the visit, the quicker you'll be invited back.

— C.J. Langenhoven

“God made the world like a knife. We have the choice to take it by the handle or the blade.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“A man with no enemies is no good as a friend.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“We need to be grateful for many things that didn't happen.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.”

— C.J. Langenhoven