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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.

Thomas Carlyle

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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Age Old Ourselves Sorrow Work
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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Born Dance Life Music Willing World Yourself
The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Battle Belief Deep End Philosophy
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
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Deep Head Heart See
When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
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Fall Notice Silence Tree
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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Greatness Himself Man Treat
No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Man Nose See Wisdom
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Deep Himself Man Poet Sincere Vision
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Inspirational Motivational Obstacle Path Perspective Strong Weakness
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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Food Fun God Himself People
Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Determination Material Possession True Worth Yourself
Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Future Sleep Time Travel Way

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.

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