The dog is the god of frolic.
HENRY WARD BEECHEROnes best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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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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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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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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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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If you want your neighbor to know what Christ will do for him, let the neighbor see what Christ has done for you.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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There are persons so radiant, so genial, so kind, so pleasure-bearin g, that you instinctively feel in their presence that they do you good; whose coming into a room is like bringing a lamp there.
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