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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

Henry Ward Beecher

The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Bible Bottom God Reach Sea Yourself
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Forget Forgiveness Myself Way
Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Equality Home Joy Tropical
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Library Life Necessary Oneself
It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Law Time Work
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Greatness Lying Right Strength Strong
Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Blunt Government Rule
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Himself Poor Rich
Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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Humble Man Proud Walk Yourself
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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Hold Mouth Quarrel Wisdom World
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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Deep Exploration Ourselves Soul Thinking Wonderful
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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Born Development Discipline Live Man Nature
It 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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Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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Egg Herself Man Rich
True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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Elegant Simplicity True
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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Better Honesty Man Myself Purpose School Sin
We go to the grave of a friend saying, “A man is dead,” but angels throng about him saying, “A man is born.”
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Angel Born Death Friendship Grave Man
The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Beginning End Promise
Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Fish Hook Man Shop Small
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Day Morning Time
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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Anxiety Choice Faith Future Handle Hold
I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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Correct Fact Man Mistake
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Law Master Obedience Rule Servant
It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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Better Easy Hill Top View
It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Arrogant Exclusive Greatness Nature
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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Learning Life Ourselves Reading Remember Struggle
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Cheating Day Eat Enjoyment Friendship Future Happiness Yourself

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