4 Quotes & Sayings By Fw Boreham

F.W. Boreham was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, on 3 November 1866 and died in Mayfair, London on 16 November 1943. He spent his early childhood in Lancashire and was educated at Reading Grammar School and Trinity College Cambridge Read more

He later worked for the London and North Western Railway before deciding to go into business for himself and set up a tea-house in Piccadilly Circus in 1894. He was also a prolific publisher, who published over one hundred books. He died in Mayfair, London on 16 November 1943.

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The Old Testament records the sage words of an old woman in addressing two younger ones: 'The Lord grant', said Naomi, 'that ye may find rest, each of you, in the house of her husband! ' Who ever heard of a woman finding rest in the house of her husband? And yet, and yet ! The restless hearts are not the hearts of wives and of mothers, as many a lonely woman knows. There is no more crushing load than the load of a loveless life. It is a burden that is often beautifully and graciously borne, but its weight is a very real one. The mother may have a bent form, a furrowed brow, and worn, thin hands ; but her heart found its rest for all that. Naomi was an old woman; she knew the world very well, and her words are worth weighing. Heavy luggage is Christ's strange cure for weary hearts. F.W. Boreham
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Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances. F.W. Boreham
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We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us. F.W. Boreham