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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.

Thomas Carlyle

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.
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Person Progress Purpose Road Rough
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
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Himself Kind Man Problem Universe Work
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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Labor Wasted Time Work Writing
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
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Noble Originality Sincere
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Action Life Question True
If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Deep Knowledge Man Wisdom
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Flow Heart Joy Kindness Laughter True
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
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
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
Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Faith Growth Knowledge
No pressure, no diamonds.
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Diamond Jewel One Liner Pressure
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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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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Act Fear Himself Man

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