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Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

J. G. Holland

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It is only rogues who feel the restraints of law.
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The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.
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The hammer and the anvil are the two hemispheres of every true reformer's character.
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So I take my life as I find it, as a life full of grand advantages that are linked indissolubly to my noblest happiness and my everlasting safety. I believe that Infinite Love ordained it, and that, if I bow willingly, tractably, and gladly to its discipline, my Father will take care of it.
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Ideals are the world's masters.
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A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.
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God give us men. The time demands strong minds, great hearts, true faith and willing hands.
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Wants keep pace with wealth always.
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Wealth is the least trustworthy of anchors.
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What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint?
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Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.
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Scholarship, save by accident, is never the measure of a man's power.
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Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
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Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.
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