When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
HENRY WARD BEECHERRepentance is another name for aspiration.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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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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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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