I could see now that a literary education did not fit one for the popular novelist’s trade.Once you had started using words like flavicomous or acroamatic, because you liked the sound of them, you were lost.
WOODROW WILSONMen grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
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When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
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There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
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Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.
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I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
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A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.
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War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
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