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It is not when the cable lies coiled up on the deck that you know how strong or how weak it is; it is when it is put to the test.

Henry Ward Beecher

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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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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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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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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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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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