The wise man realistically accepts as part of life and builds a philosophy to meet them and make the most of them. He lives on the principle of nothing attempted, nothing gained and is resolved that if he fails he is going to fail while trying to succeed.
BILL VAUGHANWhere are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
More Bill Vaughan Quotes
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The price of power is responsibility for the public good.
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Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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Work is the means of living, but it is not living.
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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The message that underlies healing is simple yet radical: We are already whole…. Underneath our fears and worries, unaffected by the many layers of our conditioning and actions, is a peaceful core.
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It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back
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If you’re involved in an accident and you’re at fault $500,000 may not be enough. Do you really want to lose your house because you failed to spend an extra couple of hundred bucks?
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters.
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Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.
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There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
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Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind’s and God’s.
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And this has had a strong tendency to dampen serious discussion of theological issues in most groups, and hence to strengthen the general anti-intellectual bias.
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It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
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