Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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