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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

Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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Democracy Government Hero Satisfaction Yourself
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
Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future.
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Future Sleep Time Travel Way
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Ego Misery Negative Source
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Greatness Lying Opinion Popular World
The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Fear Man One Liner Responsibility
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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Lie Path Way Work Yourself
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
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Celebration Conscience Defeat Sin Song Success Victory
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work Writing
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 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
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough

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