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Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back.
Thomas a Kempis
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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
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Jacksonville
Florida
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If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily but you must bear it.
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Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.
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No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
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Be therefore thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be worthy to receive greater.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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What thou art, that thou art.
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