Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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True obedience is true freedom.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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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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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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