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A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

John Henry Newman

To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
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Action Done Practice
Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.
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Angel Purpose
Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.
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Aboriginal Christ Vicars
All men have a reason, but not all men can give a reason.
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Giving Men Perspective
Man is emphatically self-made.
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Made Men Self
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
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Evil Excess Substance
Dear Lord…shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Your presence in my soul…Let me thus praise You in the way You love best, by shining on those around me.
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Dear Lord Love Shining
O loving wisdom of our God when all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came.
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Fighting Shame Sin
Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
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Break Cost Sacrifice Through
Literature stands related to Man as Science stands to Nature; it is his history.
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Men Nature Science
Time hath a taming hand.
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Hands Hath Taming
Living Nature, not dull art Shall plan my ways and rule my Heart.
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Art Beauty Nature
Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
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Giving Inspire Religion
Egotism is true modesty. In religious enquiry each of us can speak only for himself.
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Enquiry Modesty Religious
To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.
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Found Function Science
Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
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Believe Conviction Results

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