You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIn the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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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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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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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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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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