Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt 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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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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