It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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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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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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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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