The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
HENRY WARD BEECHERDebt 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 matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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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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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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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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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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