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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.

Woodrow Wilson

The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
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Leadership Nature Peace Reveal Salvation Source Spiritual
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from or what we have been about.
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History Nation Past Remember Unknown
It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
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Curiosity Learning Object Satisfaction
The object of love is to serve, not to win.
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Love Object Service Win
No man that does not see visions will ever realize any high hope or undertake any high enterprise.
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Enterprise Hope Man Realization See Vision
I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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Book Man Myself Possible Reading Talk Writing
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.
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Ancestor Fine Ideal Man Person Unity
Never murder a man when he’s busy committing suicide.
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Man Murder Suicide
A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
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Action Goodness Herself Himself Humble Mistake
The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
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Bad Live Open Politics
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.
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Myself Preparation Ready Time
The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.
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Freedom Justice Peace Right Stability World
We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.
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Act Born Growth World
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking

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