A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
THOMAS CARLYLEWeak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
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The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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