None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWhen we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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