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Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.
Ralph Washington Sockman
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Ralph Washington Sockman
Age: 80 †
Born: 1889
Born: October 1
Died: 1970
Died: August 29
Radio Personality
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
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Mankind
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True humility is intelligent self-respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us mindful of the nobility God meant us to have. Yet it makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
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The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down, half-finished loves.
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The roots of responsibility run out to the ends of the earth and we can no more isolate our consciences from world issues than we can fence off our oyster beds from the tides of the ocean.
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Give the best you have to the highest you know... and do it now.
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All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown.
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness.
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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In overcoming prejudice, working together is even more effective than talking together.
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