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Every noble work is at first impossible.

Thomas Carlyle

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
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Deep Freedom Man World
Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Change Force Hope Memories Pain Past Present Work Worth
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Business Distance Doubt Hands Lying See
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
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Human Laughter Man Privilege Reason
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Build Confidence
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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Brave Help Person Yourself
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Calm God Hands Issues Leaving
There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Act Kind Possible Recognition
The past is always attractive because it is drained of fear.
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Attraction Deep Fear Past
Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Big Ideas Mindset Original Place State
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Generosity Himself Live Man Way World
Endurance is patience concentrated.
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Concentration Deep Endurance Focus One Liner Patience
A man lives by believing something.
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Believe Live Man One Liner
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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Book Collection Deep Greatness Knowledge Reading Teacher

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