Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIf you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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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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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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